Metro News Release

For immediate release: September 5, 2008

Pentagon Buses Rerouted on September 11

Metrobuses will be temporarily relocated to Pentagon City due to the opening of the Pentagon Memorial

For security reasons, all Metrobuses that normally service the Pentagon Transit Center will be relocated to the Pentagon City Metrorail station on Thursday, September 11, from 2 a.m. to 1 p.m., as the Pentagon hosts the dedication ceremony of the new Pentagon Memorial.

Metrorail service will not be affected as both station entrances will be open throughout the day. Invited guests attending the grand opening of the Memorial are encouraged to ride Metrorail and connect to the Pentagon Metrorail station on the Blue and Yellow lines. Pentagon officials will be outside the station directing guests to the event.

Metrorail train operators will make announcements on board advising riders who transfer to buses at the Pentagon to instead go to Pentagon City to catch their buses. The passenger information display signs on Metrorail station platforms also will notify bus riders about the service disruption and signs will be posted inside the Pentagon Metrorail station alerting riders to the service change.

The Pentagon Transit Center has 24 bus bays, the largest bus transfer station in the Metrobus system.

Next weekend, (Sept. 13 and 14) Metro will shut down the Yellow Line rail bridge over the Potomac River to conduct track maintenance and an annual bridge inspection. People planning to visit the Pentagon Memorial on Sept. 13 and 14, should get there via the Blue Line, which may take up to 20 additional minutes of travel time, depending on where someone enters the rail system. Metrobus service into the Pentagon Transit Center will not be affected on Sept. 13 and 14.

News release issued at 11:03 am, September 5, 2008.