Metro News Release

For immediate release: September 28, 2005

Metrorail to Open at 6 a.m. this Sunday Morning For the 21st Annual Army 10-Miler Race

This Sunday, October 2, the Metrorail system will open one hour early, at 6 a.m., to accommodate the crowds expected to attend the 21^st Annual Army 10-Miler Race which begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 11 a.m.

The race will start on Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) in Arlington and continue into the District of Columbia. It ends in the Pentagon South Parking Lot.

Participants and spectators are encouraged to take Metrorail and exit at the Pentagon or Pentagon City Metrorail stations on the Blue and Yellow Lines. For those driving to Metrorail stations to begin their trips, parking is free at Metro-operated parking lots and garages during weekends.

Metrobus operations at the Pentagon Transit Center will be relocated temporarily on Sunday morning to Pentagon City until Arlington County reopens the impacted roadways. It is anticipated that about noon Metrobus operations at the Pentagon will return to normal.

For more information on Metrorail and Metrobus, customers are encouraged to call (202) 637-7000, TTY (202) 638-3780, or visit Metro’s Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com.

News release issued on September 28, 2005.