Metro News Release

For immediate release: May 15, 2008

Weekend Track Maintenance to Affect Metro's Green, Yellow and Blue Lines

Track maintenance on the Green, Yellow and Blue lines this weekend (May 16-18 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 9 p.m., Friday, May 16, to closing (midnight) Sunday, May 18. 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.

Yellow and Blue Line Maintenance

Metrorail customers traveling between the Braddock Road and Huntington Metrorail stations on the Yellow Line and between the Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street Metrorail stations on the Blue Line should add 15 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 17, and Sunday, May 18.

Blue Line Track Maintenance

Metrorail customers traveling between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail stations should add 15 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains will share one track between these locations from 8 p.m. to closing (midnight), Sunday, May 18.

News release issued at 11:50 am, May 15, 2008.