Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 28, 2009
Metro sets January weekend track maintenance schedule
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend track maintenance to close Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station
Next month, in addition to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend closure of the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station on the Red Line, Metro will replace fasteners, make tunnel repairs, and make repairs to a rail switch that will help ensure reliable Metrorail service. Customers should expect travel delays during the weekends of Jan. 8 to 10, Jan. 15 to 18, and Jan. 29 to Jan. 31.
Also see January's weeknight track work schedule.
Friday, Jan. 8, to Sunday, Jan. 10
Red Line -- 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, Jan. 8, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, Jan. 10.
To help expedite rail travel into downtown Washington, every other Red Line train traveling toward the Shady Grove Metrorail station will terminate at the Friendship Heights Metrorail station and will return to the Glenmont Metrorail station.
This portion of work on the Red Line between the Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail stations is part of a larger multi-year Red Line rehabilitation project that will run through 2013.
Blue Line -- Metrorail customers traveling between the Morgan Boulevard and Largo Town Center Metrorail stations should add at least 20 minutes to their travel time because Metro will conduct switch maintenance at the Largo Town Center Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, Jan. 10.
Friday, Jan. 15, to Monday, Jan. 18
Red Line -- The Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, through closing (midnight) on Monday, Jan. 18., while Metro undertakes a major track rehabilitation project on the Red Line between the White Flint and Medical Center Metrorail stations throughout the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend. Normal service will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 5 a.m.
Throughout the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Red Line trains will be split in two sections, the first between the Shady Grove and White Flint Metrorail stations, and the second between the Medical Center and Glenmont Metrorail stations.
Metro will operate free shuttle buses between the White Flint, Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center Metrorail stations throughout the weekend.
Friday, Jan. 22 to Sunday, Jan. 24
There is no track maintenance scheduled.
Friday, Jan. 29 to Sunday, Jan. 31
Red Line -- 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, Jan. 29, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, Jan. 31.
To help expedite rail travel into downtown Washington, every other Red Line train traveling toward the Shady Grove Metrorail station will terminate at the Friendship Heights Metrorail station and will return to the Glenmont Metrorail station.
This portion of work on the Red Line between the Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail stations is part of a larger multi-year Red Line rehabilitation project that will run through 2013.
Please note, this schedule is subject to change. Metro riders should visit www.metroopensdoors.com at the end of each month to see the following month’s schedule of work. Metro will continue to post news releases each Thursday as a reminder to provide updates about any last minute track maintenance schedule changes.
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News release issued at 11:23 am, December 28, 2009.