Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 4, 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 rail line 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, August 6, and Sunday, August 7, 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 August 4, 2005.