Metro News Release

For immediate release: October 27, 2005

Work to Take Place on All Five Metro Lines this Weekend

Metrorail passengers can expect minor delays on all five rail lines this weekend. Passengers traveling on these rail lines should plan accordingly and add five to 10 minutes into their schedules. The weekend service changes are:

Starting Friday, October 28, at 10 p.m., and ending Sunday, October 30, at closing (midnight), all Orange Line trains will share one track between the West Falls Church-VT/UVA and East Falls Church stations while Metro personnel replace a switch outside the West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail station. A switch is a piece of track that allows trains to switch from one track to another. Passengers traveling on this portion of the Orange Line can expect minor delays and should add five to 10 minutes of additional travel time.

Starting Friday, October 28, at 10 p.m., and ending Saturday, October 29, at 10 a.m., all Red Line trains will share one track between the Judiciary Square and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood stations while Metro personnel conduct routine track maintenance. Passengers traveling on this portion of the Red Line should add five to 10 minutes of travel time.

On Sunday, October 30, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m, all Red Line trains will share one track between the Fort Totten and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood stations while Metro personnel perform routine track maintenance. Passengers traveling on this portion of the Red Line should add five to 10 minutes of additional travel time.

On Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., all Green Line trains will share one track between the Branch Avenue and Naylor Road stations while Metro personnel perform a bridge structure inspection. Passengers should add five to 10 minutes of additional travel time on this portion of the Green Line.

In addition, on Saturday, October 29, from 7 p.m. to closing (3 a.m.) and Sunday, October 30, from 7 p.m. to closing (midnight), all Green Line trains will share one track between the Greenbelt and Fort Totten stations, while Metro tests rail cars. Passengers traveling on this portion of the Green Line should add five to 10 minutes of additional travel time.

On Friday, October 28, from 10 p.m. to Saturday, October 29, 10 a.m., all Blue Line trains will share one track between the Van Dorn Street and Braddock Road stations and all Yellow Line trains will share one track between the Huntington and Braddock Road stations, while personnel continue station enhancement work at the King Street station. Passengers traveling on this portion of the Blue and Yellow Line should add up to 10 minutes of additional travel time.

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.

News release issued on October 27, 2005.