Metro News Release

For immediate release: November 9, 2005

Metro Announces Veterans Day Schedule

On Friday, November 11, Veterans Day, Metro will operate on a special modified holiday schedule.

From 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., all trains will operate every 12 minutes from the end of each rail line, and every six minutes in the downtown core of the city. All trains on all rail lines will operate with six-cars.

After 6 p.m., trains will operate every 15 minutes from the end of each rail line and every seven to eight minutes in the downtown core. The rail system will be open at its normal hours, from 5 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Metrobus will also operate on a modified holiday schedule with supplemental additional service in the morning and afternoon.

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

News release issued on November 9, 2005.