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Officials waiting on federal approval to purchase new Metro cars

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Metro riders may not see as many of the sleek, state-of-the-art Metro cars that rolled out earlier this year.

Officials may not purchase more than 200 of the 7000 series Metro cars if the Federal Transit Administration does not approve retiring nearly 200 older cars, according to The Washington Post.

Metro rolled out eight of the 7000 series cars in April, with sleek bucket seats and no carpeting, The Post reported.

Mortimer Downey, chair of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s board of directors, told The Post that if the FTA does not retire the older set of cars, Metro will most likely not purchase the 220 new cars.

“All this is still up in the air,” he told The Post.

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