Washington Metro rolling stock

The rolling stock of the Washington Metro system consists of 1,242 75-foot (22.86 m) cars that were acquired across seven orders. All cars operate as married pairs (consecutively numbered even-odd), with systems shared across the pair. The 7000-series cars, the system's newest, have an operator's cab in only one of each married pair's cars (the even numbered one) and operate in groups of three or four.

The system's track gauge is 4 ft 8+14 in (1,429 mm)  0.25 inches (6 mm) narrower than 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Also, at 40 inches (1,016 mm) above top of rail, the floor height of the cars is lower than that of most other East Coast mass transit systems, including New York City, Boston and Philadelphia.

As of May 2024, Metro owns a fleet of 1,216 cars, 1,208 of which were in active revenue service.

Active railcars
SeriesManufacturerNumber purchasedEntered servicePlanned retirement Currently ownedCurrently activePlanned replacement
3000Breda29019872027–2029 2842808000-Series
6000Alstom1842006 184180
+ 2 as money train
8000-series
(if option order is exercised)
7000Kawasaki7482015 748 748
Retired railcars
SeriesManufacturerNumber purchasedEntered serviceRetiredCurrently ownedReplacement
1000Rohr30019762016–2017 2 preserved7000-series
2000Breda7619822024 2 preserved7000-series
4000Breda10019912017 2 preserved7000-series
5000CAF / AAI19220012018–20192 preserved
Future railcars
SeriesManufacturerNumber purchasedEntered service (estimated)
8000Hitachi256
(with options for up to 800) (proposed)
2027