Metro News Release
For immediate release: January 15, 2010
Metro reminds customers of this weekend's early last train departures on the Red Line at Shady Grove and Medical Center Metrorail stations due to closure of Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station
Last trains departing Shady Grove and Medical Center 30 minutes earlier
This weekend, Metro will close the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station on the Red Line while maintenance crews conduct a track overhaul between the Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail stations. Customers using the Red Line in this area should add 40 minutes to their travel plans to transfer to a free shuttle bus to get past the affected work area. Throughout the weekend, extra Metro employees will be on hand to guide customers to connecting shuttle buses.
Regular service on the Red Line at the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station will resume when the Metrorail system opens on Tuesday morning, Jan. 19.
During the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend, Metro will rebuild the trackbed which means workers will replace 1,400 feet of rail, 310 ties, 200 tons of ballast, 300 track fasteners, 600 anchor bolts, repair 200 feet of grout pads on the aerial structure, and make track circuit upgrades between the Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center Metrorail stations. In addition, workers will repair 60 to 80 water leaks in the tunnels and stations and replace 300 tunnel lights for worker safety.
A portion of this work on the Red Line is part of a larger, multi-year Red Line rehabilitation project that will run through 2013.
As a result of this weekend’s track maintenance, the last Red Line trains departing the Shady Grove and Medical Center Metrorail stations for the Glenmont Metrorail station will leave 30 minutes earlier than usual. This will allow customers to connect to the free shuttle buses and to the last train departing the Medical Center Metrorail station to the Glenmont Metrorail stations.
Last Red Line trains through Grosvenor-Strathmore on Friday, Jan. 15
On Friday Jan. 15, prior to closure of the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station, the last Shady Grove bound train will depart the Glenmont Metrorail station at 8:54 p.m., the Medical Center Metrorail station at 9:40 p.m., the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station at 9:43 p.m., the White Flint Metrorail station at 9:46 p.m. and arrive at the Shady Grove Metrorail station at 9:55 p.m.
The last Glenmont bound train will depart the Shady Grove Metrorail station at 9:30 p.m., the White Flint Metrorail station at 9:39 p.m. the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station at 9:42 p.m. the Medical Center Metrorail station at 9:45 p.m., and arrive at the Glenmont Metrorail station at 10:31 p.m.
The last trains will operate through the work location prior to 10 p.m. because personnel need the time to remove power from both tracks and to assemble maintenance crews in the designated work zones for the weekend.
Last Red Line trains each night
From Friday, Jan. 15, to Monday, Jan. 18, the last Red Line train departing the Shady Grove Metrorail station for the White Flint Metrorail station will leave 30 minutes earlier than usual. This will allow for customers to connect to the free shuttle buses and to the last trains departing the Medical Center Metrorail station to the Glenmont Metrorail stations.
On Friday, Jan. 15, and Saturday, Jan. 16, the last Red Line train will depart Shady Grove at 2 a.m., Rockville at 2:04 a.m., Twinbrook at 2:07 a.m., and arrive at White Flint at 2:09 a.m. The last train departing Medical Center on Friday, Jan. 15, and Saturday, Jan. 16 will leave at 2:45 a.m. On Sunday, Jan. 17, and Monday, Jan. 18, the last Red Line train will depart Shady Grove at 11 p.m., Rockville at 11:04 p.m., Twinbrook at 11:07 p.m., and arrive at White Flint at 11:09 p.m. The last train departing Medical Center on Sunday, Jan. 17, and Monday, Jan. 18 will leave at 11:45 p.m.
This weekend, the Red Line is operating in two segments: between the Shady Grove and White Flint Metrorail stations, and between the Medical Center and Glenmont Metrorail stations.
To alert customers about this project, signs are posted in Metrorail stations. Station and train announcements will be made throughout the Metrorail system. The Trip Planner, located on Metro=s Web site, will not reflect the impact of this work on its schedules. Customers should allow at least 40 minutes extra for their trips because of this work. For more information on traveling by Metrobus or Metrorail, customers may call (202) 637-7000 or TTY (202) 638-3780.
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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 10:28 am, January 15, 2010.