Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 13, 2009
Track circuit repairs, track maintenance to affect Red and Orange lines this weekend
Red and Orange Line riders should add 30 minutes of time this weekend
Track circuit repairs on the Red Line and track maintenance on the Orange Line this weekend will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track. Customers should add at least 30 minutes of time to their trips.
Red Line Track Circuit Repairs
This weekend, there will be no Red Line trains serving the Fort Totten Metrorail station. Due to track circuit repairs, Red Line trains will operate between the Shady Grove and Brookland-CUA Metrorail stations and between the Glenmont and Takoma Metrorail stations from 10 p.m. Friday, August 14, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, August 16. Free shuttle buses will take Red Line riders between Brookland-CUA, Fort Totten and the Takoma Metrorail stations.
Orange Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because Metro will replace rail. Trains will share one track between these locations from 8 p.m., Friday, August 14, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, August 16.
On Saturday, August 15, and Sunday, August 16, every other Orange Line train traveling toward the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail station will terminate at the West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail station and return to the New Carrollton Metrorail station.
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Media contact for this news release: Steven Taubenkibel at 202-962-1051.
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News release issued at 5:06 pm, August 13, 2009.