Washington DC Metro system and ATC (I think)

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Does anyone know if the ATC (I believe that's what it's called) will be re-implemented on the Washington Metrorail?   As far as I know, all trains are equipped with the ability to come to a stop without the operator's input.   However, that capability was disabled/suspended after a significant accident (can't recall when) at the Fort Totten station.     

As things stand now, the train operators have to manually brake and stop at each station, and elsewhere in the system where it's required.

Thanks!
 
It seems the automatic opening of doors is enabled once again after being turned off following several incidents of doors opening on the wrong side and some open while moving. As it says in the article Ryan posted, the estimate for the return of ATO is June of this year, but who knows...it's WMATA! There is a topic about this over on Railroad.net.
 
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