Metro will expand the number of eight-car trains operating during rush hours starting next week, the transit system said Friday.

Twenty new railcars will be added to service Monday, which will allow Metro to turn several six-car trains into the eight-car variety. Three Red Line trains will run with eight cars instead of six, as will two trains on the Orange and Green lines.

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