Metro News Release
For immediate release: March 28, 2008
New Metro audiocast available online
The newest Metro audiocast, dated March 28, is now available to customers on www.metroopensdoors.com and on iTunes. “On Track” offers listeners a summary of Metro-related news for the week, and provides an overview of how planned maintenance work or major events in the region may impact their weekend travel.
The “On Track” audiocast posted today tells listeners about Metrorail’s temporary suspension of scheduled weekend track work in time for the busy spring travel season. Additionally, the audiocast includes information about 41 Metrobus detours, on Saturday, March 29, due to the Suntrust National Marathon, and other bus detours this weekend.
The audiocast provides information about the 5 a.m. early opening of Metrorail for the marathon, the National Cherry Blossom festival and Metro’s current elevator rehabilitation projects. It also includes information about opening day at Nationals Park, the completion of the expansion project at the Navy Yard Metrorail station, extra Metrorail and Metrobus service to get people to Sunday’s 8:15 p.m. game, and the sale of commemorative Washington Nationals SmarTrip cards. The audiocast also discusses Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center games and how to get there via Metrorail or Metrobus.
Listeners can send comments and suggestions for future audiocasts to ontrack@wmata.com.
Online users can download the audiocasts from Metro’s Web site and listen on their computers or MP3 devices, such as an iPod or zune. In addition, the Metro audiocast is now available on iTunes. Search the podcast area of the iTune store for “On Track” in the title to find the Metro audiocast. Individuals can also subscribe on iTunes to automatically receive each week’s downloads.
To listen to this week’s audiocast, go to:
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/audiocasts/default.cfm
News release issued at 4:54 pm, March 28, 2008.