Metro News Release
For immediate release: November 6, 2008
Track and bridge maintenance to affect Metro's Blue, Orange and Red lines this weekend
Blue, Orange and Red Line riders should add 25 minutes to their trips this weekend
Track and bridge maintenance on the Blue, Orange and Red lines this weekend (November 7-9) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.
Blue and Orange Line Bridge Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Eastern Market and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations should add 25 minutes of travel time due to the bridge repairs outside 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.
Red Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and Medical Center Metrorail stations should add 25 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.
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News release issued at 8:45 am, November 6, 2008.