Metro News Release
For immediate release: May 8, 2008
Weekend Track Maintenance to Affect Metro's Green, Yellow and Orange Lines
Track maintenance on the Yellow, Green and Orange lines this weekend (May 9-11 will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.
Yellow and Green Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the L’Enfant Plaza and Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail stations should add 30 to 45 minutes of travel time for their trips because of switch maintenance work at the Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail station. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 11 p.m., Friday, May 9, to closing (midnight) Sunday, May 11. All Yellow and Green Line trains will operate every 24 minutes throughout the weekend and all Yellow Line trains will operate between the Huntington and Greenbelt Metrorail stations. To expedite train traffic, two trains in a row will share the same track and head in the same direction, between the L’Enfant Plaza and Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail stations. Those trains will be about two minutes apart.
Orange Line Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and West Falls Church-VT/UVA 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, May 10. To help expedite rail travel towards downtown Washington, every other Orange Line train traveling towards the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail station will terminate at the West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail station and return to the New Carrollton Metrorail station.
Yellow Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Huntington and Braddock Road Metrorail stations should add 10 minutes of travel time for their trips because of bridge repairs. Inbound and outbound trains will share one track between these locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11.
News release issued at 1:08 pm, May 8, 2008.