Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 13, 2004

Metro announces weekend single tracking

This weekend, Metro will do track maintenance on the Orange Line, and continue to do maintenance work on the Red Line in preparation for the opening of the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U Metrorail station. During this work period, customers’ trips will take 10-15 minutes longer than usual. Please note the following schedule for this weekend:" Red Line - On Saturday, August 14, from opening (7 a.m.) to 4 p.m., and Sunday, August 15, from opening (7 a.m.) to 7 p.m., trains will share one track between Rhode Island Avenue and Judiciary Square. [To help expedite the flow of rail travel, all Red Line trains which normally operate between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Silver Spring, will terminate at Judiciary Square and return to Grosvenor-Stathmore.]" Orange Line - On Saturday, August 14, from opening (7 a.m.) to 4 p.m., trains will share one track between New Carrollton and Cheverly. To perform this work, Metro must single-track trains - operate trains traveling in opposite directions alternately on the same track. This weekend, between Rhode Island Avenue and Judiciary Square, Metro personnel will install new communications cables for the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U Metrorail station scheduled to open at the end of this year. This work requires personnel to be in key safety-sensitive areas of the rail system. On the Orange Line, Metro personnel will perform routine track maintenance between New Carrollton and Cheverly. For more information on traveling by Metrorail or Metrobus, customers may call (202) 637-7000, TTY at (202) 638-3780, or visit Metro’s Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com.

News release issued on August 13, 2004.