Metro News Release

For immediate release: September 29, 2009

Metrorail opening early Sunday morning

System Opening at 6 a.m. Sunday for the Army 10-Miler

Additional Blue Line service will be available to race participants and spectators attending Sunday's Army 10-Miler race, as the Metrorail system is opening an hour early at 6 a.m. on October 4.

Metrobus operations at the Pentagon Transit Center will be relocated temporarily to Pentagon City until Arlington County reopens the impacted roadways, which is expected to happen at about 2 p.m. The Pentagon Metrorail station will remain open the entire time to accommodate race spectators and participants.

To help get everyone to the race, Metro will operate additional Blue Line trains between 6 a.m. and the start of the race (8 a.m.), and again from 11:15 a.m., to 12:40 p.m. Blue Line trains will depart every 7 1/2 minutes from the Franconia-Springfield and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations. On a typical Sunday, Blue Line trains operate every 15 minutes from the terminal stations.

Participants and spectators who take Metrorail to the race should 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 on weekends.

Metro encourages race participants to use a SmarTrip card or a plastic cover to protect their paper farecard. In previous years, race participants have had their farecards demagnitized while participating in the race after they became covered in moisture.

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.
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Media contact for this news release: Steven Taubenkibel or Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.
For all other inquiries, please call customer service at 202-637-7000.

News release issued at 11:33 am, September 29, 2009.