Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 20, 2007
Weekend Track Maintenance and Rail Car Testing to Affect Metro's Red, Orange, Blue, and Green Lines
Track maintenance and rail car testing on the Red, Blue, Orange and Green lines this weekend (December 22-December 23) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.
Red Line Track Maintenance
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 7 p.m., Saturday, December 22, and from 7 a.m. to closing (midnight), Sunday, December 23.
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 22, and Sunday, December 23. 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 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 23.
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 22.
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News release issued at 12:00 am, December 20, 2007.