Metro General Manager John Catoe said he will recommend against buying the fleet of high-tech railcars that the agency has been promoting for months and instead advocate sticking with the existing model when Metro’s board of directors meets in July.

Metro must order 128 new railcars this year if the agency is to be ready in time for the opening of the planned Silver Line rail extension to Washington Dulles International Airport. 

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