Metro News Release

For immediate release: April 7, 2006

Metro Ready to Handle Crowds Attending The Immigrants’ Rights Rally

Metrorail will operate on a normal weekday schedule on Monday, April 10, and all rail lines will operate with six-car trains to accommodate the Immigrants’ Rights rally on the National Mall. Metro also reminds everyone attending the rally to purchase a round-trip farecard when they first enter the Metrorail system.

Highlights of the plan include:

Metro will operate a normal Monday service and will monitor the crowds because extra rail cars and trains will be ready to go into service if needed.

All trains on all rail lines will operate every six minutes from the end of each rail line, and every three minutes in the downtown core of the city from 5 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., all trains on all rail lines will operate every 12 minutes from the end of each rail line, and every six minutes in the downtown core of the city.

After 9 p.m., all trains on all rail lines will operate every 15 to 20 minutes from the end of each rail line and every seven to 10 minutes in the downtown core of the city.

Metro anticipates larger than normal crowds at the Takoma Metrorail station on the Red Line and the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station on the Blue and Orange Line due to event organizers dropping off participants at these locations and riding Metrorail into downtown Washington.

There are several Metro stations serving the Immigrants’ Rights rally. Metro advises passengers attending Monday’s rally on the National Mall to use the following departure points:

Passengers Coming In                               Should Exit This Downtown

From This Metrorail Station                      Metrorail Station

Greenbelt, Green Line                                 Gallery Place or Archives-Navy Mem’l

Branch Avenue, Green Line                        L’Enfant Plaza

Shady Grove, Red Line                                Metro Center, or Gallery Place

Glenmont, Red Line                                     Union Station, or Judiciary Square

New Carrollton, Orange Line                      Capitol South, or Federal Center, SW

Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, Orange Line             Smithsonian or Federal Triangle

Largo Town Center, Blue Line                   Capitol South, or Federal Center, SW

Franconia-Springfield, Blue Line               L’Enfant Plaza

Huntington, Yellow Line                               L’Enfant Plaza

Metro will deploy additional rail supervisors to help direct passengers at the key downtown stations near the National Mall.

Metro also reminds passengers if they see anything suspicious, they should approach a Metro Transit Police officer, inform a Metro employee in uniform, or call Metro Transit Police on its 24-hour communications line at 202-962-2121.

News release issued on April 7, 2006.