Metro News Release

For immediate release: May 29, 2008

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

Track maintenance on the Green, Yellow, Orange, Blue and Red lines this weekend (May 30-June 1) 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 30, to closing (midnight) Sunday, June 1. 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. For more details on this project, please visit www.metroopensdoors.com for more information.

A look at WMATA's switch replacement procedures

Red Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and Medical Center Metrorail stations should add 20 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains will share one track between these locations from 9 p.m. to closing (3 a.m.), Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31.

Orange Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations should add up to 30 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 31. 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.

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 10 p.m. to closing (3 a.m.) Friday, May 30, 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Saturday, May 31, 10 p.m. to closing (3 a.m.) Saturday, May 31, and 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Sunday, June 1.

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News release issued at 12:50 pm, May 29, 2008.