Metro News Release
For immediate release: May 5, 2005
Metro Announces Weekend Service Changes
This weekend, Metro would like to remind its customers of the following service changes due to track maintenance on the Red, Green, Orange and Blue Lines. Customers traveling on these rail lines this weekend will need to plan accordingly and build extra time into their schedules.
Please note the following schedule changes for this weekend:
Orange and Blue Line - Starting Friday, May 6, at 10 p.m., and continuing through Sunday, May 8, closing (midnight), all Orange and Blue Line trains will share one track between Eastern Market and Cheverly on the Orange Line, and Eastern Market and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant on the Blue Line.
Green Line - On Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, from opening (7 a.m.) to 3 p.m., trains will share one track between Fort Totten and Prince George’s Plaza.
Red Line - On Saturday, May 7, from opening (7 a.m.) to 4 p.m., and Sunday, May, 8, from opening (7 a.m.) to noon, trains will share one track between Judiciary Square and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood.
To perform this work, all trains will share one track between these work locations -- trains traveling in opposite directions alternately on the same track.
On the Orange and Blue Lines this weekend, Metro will personnel will be performing switch replacement track work outside of the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station. As a result, trains will share one track through this location. Customers must add 15 to 20 minutes of time when traveling through this location. [Patrons attending the D.C. United soccer game on Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m., are advised to build extra time into their schedules while traveling to the game.]
On the Red Line between Judiciary Square and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood, and the Green Line between Fort Totten and Prince George’s Plaza, Metro personnel will be performing routine track maintenance between these locations. 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 May 5, 2005.