Metro News Release

For immediate release: July 21, 2005

Metro Announces Weekend Service Changes


Maintenance Work This Weekend on the Red Line

This weekend, Metro will conduct maintenance work on the Red Line. Customers traveling on this line should plan accordingly and add 10 to 15 minutes of extra time into their schedules.

Please note the following schedule change for this weekend:

Red Line - On Saturday, July 23, and Sunday, July 24, 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.

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.http://www.wmata.com

 

News release issued on July 21, 2005.