This weekend, as part of its Infrastructure Renewal Program to ensure reliable service, Metro will undertake a major track rehabilitation project on the Red Line that will impact service between Grosvenor-Strathmore and the Medical Center Metrorail stations. While these stations will remain open, customers using the Red Line this weekend are advised to plan accordingly.

In addition to the Red Line service disruption, Metro will conduct maintenance work on the Orange, Green, and Yellow lines. Customers traveling on these rail lines should plan accordingly and add extra time into their schedules.

The weekend service changes scheduled for this weekend are:

This weekend, Metro personnel will replace the grout pads on the rail bridge between the Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center Metrorail stations. This work will require Metro personnel to elevate the pillars along a portion of the rail bridge and insert new pads beneath the pillars. Once the new pads are inserted, the pillars will be lowered onto the new pads.

To perform this work, the following service pattern will be in effect this weekend:

The Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center Metrorail stations will remain open. However, Red Line trains will not operate between these two stations.

Red Line trains will operate in two sections: between Shady Grove and Grosvenor-Strathmore; and between Glenmont and Medical Center.

Metro will operate free shuttle bus service every five minutes between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center.

Passengers can access free shuttle bus service from the following station bus bay locations:

Grosvenor-Strathmore: Rockville Pike entrance to Tuckerman Lane, at bus bay F

Medical Center: Rockville Pike entrance to South Drive, at bus bay A

Metro advises patrons who commute on the Red Line between Shady Grove and Grosvenor-Strathmore to consider using the Red Line on the opposite side of Montgomery County, if possible.

For patrons who need to park this weekend, the Glenmont Metrorail station has more than 1,700 parking spaces, and the Wheaton Metrorail station has more than 950 parking spaces. On weekends, parking is free at all Metro stations.

To alert customers about this work, Metro will send e-Alerts, hang signs and banners in key stations, place notices on station kiosks, and make train and system announcements. Additional information is available on Metro’s web site at www.metroopensdoors.com.

Metro personnel will repair the track switch outside the West Falls Church/VT-UVA Metrorail station. The track switch is a portion of the track that allows trains to switch from one track to another. To perform this work, Metro will institute the following Orange Line weekend service pattern:

All Orange Line trains will share one track between Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and West Falls Church/VT-UVA.

Every other Orange Line traveling towards Vienna/Fairfax-GMU will terminate at West Falls Church/VT-UVA and return to New Carrollton.

When: Friday, September 16, 10 p.m. to Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m.

Metro personnel will install communications cables between these station location Friday evening and into Saturday morning. To perform this work, Metro will institute the following service pattern:

All Green and Yellow Line trains will share one track between L’Enfant Plaza and Mount Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center.

The Trip Planner, located on Metro’s Web site, will not reflect the impact of this work on its schedules. Customers should allow more time for their trips because of this work. For more information on traveling by Metrobus or Metrorail, customers may call (202) 637-7000 or TTY (202) 638-3780.