Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 17, 2009
Metro announces weekend rail service changes
Weekend track maintenance on the Red and Blue lines
Track maintenance on the Red and Blue lines this weekend (Dec. 18-20) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track. Customers should add 30 minutes to their trips.
Red Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Fort Totten and Silver Spring Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because Metro will be making track circuit upgrades at the Takoma Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 9:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, Dec. 20.
To expedite rail travel into downtown Washington, every other Red Line train traveling in the direction of the Glenmont Metrorail station will terminate at the Fort Totten Metrorail station and return to the Shady Grove Metrorail station.
Blue Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street (Blue Line) 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. 19, and from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20.
All Yellow and Blue Line trains will operate to the Huntington Metrorail station 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 usually park at Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street Metrorail stations can avoid the delays if they park at the Huntington Metrorail station.
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News release issued at 1:18 pm, December 17, 2009.