Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 3, 2009
Metro announces weekend rail and bus service changes
Weekend track maintenance on the Red, Orange and Blue lines 2 Metrobus routes detoured for weekend activities
Track maintenance on the Red, Orange and Blue lines this weekend (Dec. 4-6) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track. Customers should add 20 to 30 minutes to their trips. Additionally, 2 Metrobus lines will be detoured as a result of weekend events in the Washington area. Customers using these Metrobus lines should add additional time for their travel.
Red Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail stations should add at least 20 minutes to their travel time because Metro will replace rail fasteners that stabilize tracks, and make tunnel repairs. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, Dec. 6.
Orange Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Cheverly and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because Metro will replace crossties and conduct maintenance on the aerial structure outside the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 9:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, Dec. 6.
Blue Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Van Dorn Street and King Street Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes of travel time for their trips because Metro will be trimming leaves and weeds along the rail tracks. Trains will share one track between these locations from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6.
All Yellow and Blue Line trains will operate to the Huntington Metrorail stations during these times. Metro will operate a special Blue Line shuttle train between the Franconia-Springfield and King Street Metrorail stations. At King Street, customers will be able to catch a Blue or Yellow Line train to the Largo Town Center or Fort Totten Metrorail stations.
Metrorail customers who park at Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street Metrorail stations can avoid the delays and park at the Huntington Metrorail station.
Rerouting of Metrobus Routes 32, 36
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 5, Metrobus routes 32 and 36 will be rerouted due to heavy crane lifting operations that will close I St., N.W., between 18th and 19th St., N.W.
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Media contact for this news release: Steven Taubenkibel or Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.
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News release issued at 12:54 pm, December 3, 2009.