Metro News Release

For immediate release: October 4, 2006

Metrorail to open at 6 a.m. this Sunday for the 22nd Annual Army 10-Miler

This Sunday, October 8, the Metrorail system will open one hour early, at 6 a.m., to accommodate the crowds expected to attend the 22nd Annual Army 10-Miler. 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 at about 1 p.m., Metrobus operations at the Pentagon will return to normal. The Pentagon Metrorail station will remain open and will not be impacted by the race.

The race, which begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at 11 a.m., begins on Route 27 (Washington Boulevard) in Arlington and continues into the District of Columbia. It ends in the Pentagon South Parking Lot.

Participants and spectators should take Metrorail to the race 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.

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 October 4, 2006.