Metro News Release

For immediate release: May 26, 2005

Metro Announces Weekend Service Changes

Major Track Work Continues on the Orange and Blue Lines This Weekend

This weekend, Metro would like to remind its customers of the following service changes due to track maintenance on the Orange and Blue Lines. Customers traveling on these rail lines this weekend must plan accordingly and build extra time into their schedules.

Please note the following schedule change for this weekend:

Orange and Blue Line - Starting Friday, May 27, at 10 p.m., and continuing through Monday, May 30, at 10 a.m., all Orange Line trains will share one track between Eastern Market and Cheverly, and all Blue Line trains will share one track between Eastern Market and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant. All trains will operate every 30 minutes through the single track work location. Every other Orange Line train will terminate at Eastern Market and return to Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, and every other Blue Line train will terminate at Eastern Market and return to Franconia-Springfield.

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 continue 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 30 minutes of time when traveling through this location. [Metro advises patrons attending the D.C. United soccer game on Saturday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m., to build extra time into their schedules while traveling to the game.]

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 26, 2005.