Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 18, 2010

Metro's Martin Luther King Jr, Holiday weekend track work progressing on schedule

Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station to reopen Tuesday morning

Weekend track rehabilitation on the Red Line between the Medical Center and White Flint Metrorail stations that has resulted in the closure of the Grosvenor-Strathmore station during the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend continues to progress on schedule. The Grosvenor-Strathmore station is expected to reopen on time -- at 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Jan. 19.

The free shuttle buses have been busy throughout the weekend with buses filling up as trains empty at the White Flint and Medical Center Metrorail stations. Through Sunday, 25,193 people have used the shuttle buses to help complete their trips.

Seventy-two additional Metro employees along with Metro Transit Police officers have been on site guiding customers from the rail platforms to the shuttle buses to assist them in completing their trips. They also have been busy answering questions from customers.

The Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station on the Red Line will remain closed today between the Medical Center and White Flint Metrorail stations.


The Red Line is operating in two segments -- between the Shady Grove and White Flint Metrorail stations and between the Glenmont and Medical Center Metrorail stations.

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News release issued at 10:38 am, January 18, 2010.