Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 13, 2007
Weekend Track Maintenance and Rail Car Testing to Affect Metros Red, Orange, Blue, and Green Lines
Track maintenance and rail car testing on the Red, Blue, Orange and Green lines this weekend (December 14-December 16) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.
Red Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and Medical Center Metrorail stations should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 9 p.m. to closing (3 a.m.), Friday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15.
Metrorail customers traveling between the Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail stations should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, December 15, and Sunday, December 16.
Metrorail customers traveling between the Fort Totten and Takoma Metrorail stations should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 8 p.m. to closing (midnight), Sunday, December 16.
Orange Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the New Carrollton and Cheverly Metrorail stations on the Orange Line should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips this weekend because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, December 15, and Sunday, December 16. To help expedite rail travel towards downtown Washington, every other Orange Line train traveling towards the New Carrollton Metrorail station, will terminate at the Cheverly Metrorail station return to the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail station.
Blue Line Verizon Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail stations should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips because Metro is providing Verizon Wireless track access to conduct normal contractual maintenance and emergency work on its cables. Inbound and outbound trains will share one track between these locations from midnight to closing (3 a.m.) Friday, December 14, and Saturday, December 15.
Blue Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail stations should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips due to track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains will share one track between these locations from 8 p.m. to closing (midnight), Sunday, December 16.
Green Line Rail Car Testing
Metrorail customers should add 10 to15 minutes of travel time on the Green Line for their trips because of new railcar testing. Inbound and outbound trains operating between the Greenbelt and College Park Metrorail stations will share one track while new trains are tested from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 15.
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News release issued at 12:00 am, December 13, 2007.