Metro News Release
For immediate release: February 7, 2008
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, Green, Blue and Orange lines this weekend (February 8-10) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.
Red Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes of travel time for their trips because of switch maintenance work at the Medical Center Metrorail station. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 9 p.m., Friday, February 8, to closing (midnight) Sunday, February 10. To help expedite rail travel towards downtown Washington, every other Red Line train traveling towards the Shady Grove Metrorail station, will terminate at the Friendship Heights Metrorail station and return to the Glenmont Metrorail station.
Orange Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Foggy Bottom-GWU and Clarendon Metrorail stations on the Orange Line should add up to 20 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains will share one track between these locations from midnight to closing (3 a.m.), Friday, February 8, and Saturday, February 9.
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 because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 8 p.m. to closing (midnight), Sunday, February 10.
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, February 9.
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News release issued at 11:54 am, February 7, 2008.