Metro News Release
For immediate release: October 28, 2008
Metro announces its November weekend track maintenance schedule
Metro curtails track maintenance during Thanksgiving holiday
In November, as part of its track rehabilitation and renewal program, Metro will replace rail fasteners, make bridge repairs, upgrade sections of track, replace floating slabs and conduct switch replacement work on the Red, Blue, Orange and Green lines. This maintenance work will involve trains sharing one track on each of these lines resulting in delays of 20 to 25 minutes. However, track work will be suspended during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
“With the Thanksgiving weekend the busiest travel season of the year, we decided to curtail maintenance work,” said Dave Kubicek, Metro’s Assistant General Manager for Metrorail. “We want our rail riders to leave their cars at home and use Metro to get to the airport, train station or local shopping center.”
Metro encourages riders to check its Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com at the end of each month to see the following month’s schedule of work. Metro will continue to post news releases each Thursday as a reminder to provide updates about any last minute track maintenance schedule changes.
Friday, October 31, to Sunday, November 2
O Green Line - Metrorail customers traveling between the Greenbelt and College Park-U of Md Metrorail stations should add 25 minutes of travel time because personnel will replace the rail switch at the Greenbelt Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations from 9 p.m., Friday, October 31, to closing (midnight), Sunday, November 2.
O Blue and Orange Line - Metrorail customers traveling between the Eastern Market and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations should add 20 minutes of travel time due to the bridge repairs outside of the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, November 1, and Sunday, November 2.
Friday, November 7, to Sunday, November 9
O Red Line - Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and Medical Center Metrorail stations should add 20 minutes of travel time while Metro replaces fasteners that stabilize the rail tracks. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m., Friday, November 7, to closing (midnight), Sunday, November 9. To help expedite rail travel back to Washington, D.C., every other Red Line train in the direction of the Shady Grove Metrorail station will terminate at the Friendship Heights Metrorail station and return to the Glenmont Metrorail station.
O Blue and Orange Line - Metrorail customers traveling between the Eastern Market and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations should add 20 minutes of travel time due to the bridge repairs outside of the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, November 8, and Sunday, November 9.
Friday, November 21, to Sunday, November 23
O Blue Line - Metrorail customers traveling between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road- Seat Pleasant Metrorail stations should add at least 20 minutes of travel time because of floating slab replacement. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m., Friday, November 21, to closing (midnight), Sunday, November 23.
Please note, this schedule is subject to change. Metro will update any service changes through news releases and on its Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com.
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News release issued at 9:42 am, October 28, 2008.