Metro News Release

For immediate release: November 20, 2008

Track maintenance to affect Metro's Blue Line this weekend


Blue Line riders should add 20 minutes to their trips this weekend

Track maintenance on the Blue Line this weekend (November 21-23) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.

Blue Line Track Maintenance

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.

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News release issued at 8:28 am, November 20, 2008.