Metro News Release
For immediate release: July 28, 2005
Metro announces additional weekend service changes
Maintenance Work This Weekend on the Red, Blue, and Yellow Lines
This weekend, in addition to the station closures on the Orange Line at Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and Dunn Loring-Merrifield, Metro will also conduct maintenance work on the Red, Blue, and Yellow lines. Customers traveling on these rail lines should plan accordingly and add 15 to 20 minutes of extra time into their schedules.
Please note the following schedule changes for this weekend:
- Red Line - On Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, 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.
- Blue/Yellow Line - On Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, from opening (7 a.m.) to 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 travelling by Metrorail or Metrobus, customers may call (202) 637-7000, TTY at (202) 638-3780, or visist Metro’s Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com.
News release issued on July 28, 2005.