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4/11/2025
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) board yesterday approved a $5 billion capital and operating budget for fiscal-year 2026.
The new budget, which is about the same amount as this year's budget, supports service improvements without increasing fares.
The FY2026 $2.4 billion capital budget calls for repair and replacement of aging equipment on WMATA’s bus and Metrorail systems, WMATA officials said in a press release.
Ongoing projects in the capital budget with six-year expenditure schedules include rail vehicle maintenance, rail automation, improvements to Union Station’s First Street entrance and modernization and digitization of fare collection and information displays.
The $2.5 billion operating budget supports service expansions to Metrorail, WMATA officials said. Improvements include the following:
WMATA's FY2026 budget begins July 1. The budget can be viewed here.