Hordes of Metro riders had to trudge up and down the escalators at the Rosslyn station Wednesday morning as all four entrance escalators were out of service for just over an hour during the morning ...

Metro was warned that its escalator brakes are worn and likely to give out more than a month before a L’Enfant Plaza escalator malfunctioned, sending dozens of passengers free-falling to the mezzanine ...

FREMONT (KRON) — BART is still working out some of the bugs in the new Fremont Warm Springs station. So far, it hasn’t caused much of a problem because of the light passenger load, but the escalators ...

Metro has created a senior managerial position to oversee the system’s problematic escalators and will speed up some repairs after reports of chronic maintenance deficiencies and faulty equipment.

Urgent inspections of Metro's escalators have uncovered scores of brakes that need to be replaced or have oil-contaminated brake pads - the same problem that a preliminary investigation found caused a ...

More escalator problems are being reported at Metro stations in Washington. On Monday morning, a Dupont Circle station escalator jolted to a halt, causing riders to fall. No injuries were reported. A ...

DENVER (AP) - The company that maintains escalators at Coors Field said Wednesday that overcrowding and a misconnected wire caused a malfunction that injured more than 30 people at a Colorado Rockies ...

NEW YORK - The AirTrain at Jamaica Station connects New York City to the world. But for some luggage-toting travelers, this part of their journey isn't so smooth. "This problem goes way back," ...

A woman was killed after falling on the escalator at the Lindenhurst Long Island Rail Road station ["A new look at escalator safety," News, March 27]. It was a tragic event, and my heart goes out to ...