Metro News Release

For immediate release: December 10, 2004

Metro announces weekend single tracking

On Saturday, December 11 and Sunday Dec. 12, Metro will conduct a minor track rehabilitation project on the Red Line. During this work period, customers’ trips will take 10-15 minutes longer than usual.

Please note the following schedule for the weekend:

Red Line - On Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday Dec. 12, 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-Strathmore.]

To perform this work, Metro must single-track trains - operate trains traveling in opposite directions alternately on the same track. On the Red Line between Rhode Island Avenue and Judiciary Square, Metro personnel will perform routine track maintenance, and therefore, it will require personnel to be in key safety-sensitive areas of the rail system.

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 December 10, 2004.