Metro News Release

For immediate release: March 18, 2005

Metro Announces Weekend Single Tracking on the Orange Line

Tomorrow, Metro will perform routine track maintenance on the Orange Line. During this work period, customers’ trips will take 10-15 minutes longer than usual.

Please note the following schedule for this weekend:

Orange Line - On Saturday, March 19, from opening (7 a.m.) to closing (3 a.m.), trains will share one track between West Falls Church-VT/UVA and Vienna/Fairfax-GMU. To help expedite the flow of rail travel, every other Orange Line train operating to Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, will terminate at West Falls Church-VT/UVA and return to New Carrollton.

To perform this work, Metro must single-track trains  operate trains traveling in opposite directions alternately on the same track.

On the Orange Line between West Falls Church-VT/UVA and Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, 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 March 18, 2005.