Metro News Release
For immediate release: September 26, 2008
New Metro audiocast available online
Hear about travel delays and upcoming events
The newest Metro audiocast, dated September 26, 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 track work that will cause delays on the Red, Blue, Orange and Green Lines this weekend. There is also information about Metrobus detours, construction of the Silver Spring Transit Center and elevator rehabilitations at Anacostia, Potomac Ave and Shaw-Howard U Metrorail stations. For a complete list of closings, detours and delays, visit www.metroopensdoors.com, scroll over “Alerts & advisories” on the left-hand toolbar and select “Service disruptions.”
The audiocast also tells listeners about upcoming events such as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival October 1-7, the Washington Capitals hockey game on October 3, and the DC United soccer games on October 1 and 4. There is also information about the opening of Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History on September 27.
Online users can download audiocasts from Metro’s Web site and listen on their computers or MP3 devices. The Metro audiocast is available on iTunes. Search the podcast area of the iTune store for “On Track” in the title. Podcasts can be subscribed to on iTunes and users 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.
Metro welcomes listeners to send comments and suggestions for future audiocasts to ontrack@wmata.com.
News release issued at 2:32 pm, September 26, 2008.