Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 14, 2005

Metro announces weekend service changes

Maintenance work this weekend on the Red, Blue and Yellow Lines

This weekend, Metro will conduct maintenance work on the Red, Blue and Yellow Lines. Customers traveling on these lines should plan accordingly and add 15 to 20 minutes of extra time into their schedules.

Please note the following schedule change for this weekend:

Red Line - On Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17, from opening ( 7 a.m.) to 5 p.m., trains will share one track between Fort Totten and Takoma to allow Metro personnel to conduct routine track maintenance.

Orange Line - On Friday, July 15, from 10 p.m., to Saturday, July 16, at 2 p.m., all trains will share one track between New Carrollton and Cheverly to allow Metro personnel to conduct routine track maintenance.

Blue/Yellow Line - On Friday, July 15, from midnight to 10 a.m. Saturday, July 16, and again on Saturday, July 16, from midnight to Sunday, July 17, at 10 a.m., all Yellow Line trains will share one track from Huntington to Braddock Road and all Blue Line trains will share one track from Van Dorn Street to Braddock Road. This is to allow for the installation of the new station platform canopy at the King Street Metrorail station.

To perform this work, all trains will share one track between these work locations -- trains traveling in opposite directions alternately on the same track.

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 July 14, 2005.