Metro News Release
For immediate release: June 26, 2006
High water impacts Metro system
Affected Metrobus routes listed
Archives-Navy Memorial and Federal Triangle Metrorail stations remain closed due to flooding on the tracks inside those underground stations. In addition, Metrobus and MetroAccess vehicles are also being impacted by flooded roads, and their trips are likely to be delayed in some areas.
Water has receded between the Braddock Road and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Metrorail stations and service was restored between those stations by about 8:30 a.m.
Metrobus routes that are heavily impacted by flooded roads include Route 29 and Lockwood Drive - Z Line; Beauregard and Blanch - 7 Line; Columbia Pike and Frederick - 16 Line; Hamilton and Ager Road - R Line; 17th Street and Constitution Avenue - 13 Line; Nannie Helen-Burroughs and Kenilworth Avenues - U Line and V7; and Route 93 and Lanham-Severn Road - B27 Line.
There is no rail service between Metro Center and Smithsonian Metrorail stations on the Orange and Blue lines due to the closure of Federal Triangle station. Free shuttle buses are moving passengers between Smithsonian, Federal Triangle and Metro Center. The Federal Triangle station typically has 10,800 people enter that station on a typical weekday.
There is also no rail service between Gallery Place-Chinatown and L’Enfant Plaza Metrorail stations on the Green and Yellow lines due to the closure of Archives-Navy Memorial station. Free shuttle buses are moving passengers between Gallery Place-Chinatown, Archives-Navy Memorial and L’Enfant Plaza. The Archives-Navy Memorial station typically has 8,400 people enter that station on a typical weekday.
Free shuttle buses are available at these locations: The Gallery Place-Chinatown station shuttle buses are located at 7th and F Streets, N.W; the L’Enfant Plaza shuttle buses are located at 7th and D Streets, S.W.; the McPherson Square shuttle buese are located at 14th and I Streets, N.W.; the Smithsonian shuttle buses are located at 7th Street and Independence Avenue, N.W.; the Metro Center shuttle buses are located at 11th and G Streets, N.W.; and the Federal Triangle shuttle buses are located at 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
The Huntington Metrorail station is open, however due to water conditions, buses cannot enter the bus bay. These buses are dropping off at King Street Metrorail station instead of at Huntington.
Delays to passengers due to the high water are significant. People can expect to wait for 20 to 60 minutes for a shuttle bus. In addition, trains are backed up on the Yellow, Green, Orange and Blue Lines due to the truncated service and single tracking that is taking place.
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News release issued on June 26, 2006.