Metro News Release
For immediate release: February 18, 2010
Metro announces weekend rail and bus service changes
Weekend track maintenance on the Orange Line Four Metrobus routes detoured for weekend activities
Track maintenance on the Orange Line this weekend (Feb. 19-21) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track. Customers should add 30 minutes to their trips. Additionally, four Metrobus lines will be detoured for weekend activities. Customers using these Metrobus lines should add additional time for their travel.
Orange Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the New Carrollton and Cheverly Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because Metro will be welding rail. Trains will share one track between these locations on Saturday, Feb. 20, and Sunday, Feb. 21, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
To help expedite rail travel into downtown Washington, every other Orange Line train traveling toward the New Carrollton Metrorail station will terminate at the Cheverly Metrorail station and will return to the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail station.
Rerouting of Metrobus Route 80
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 20, Metrobus route 80 will be rerouted due to a heavy crane lifting operations that will close 19th St., N.W. between C and E St.
Rerouting of Metrobus Routes 70, 80, P6 and X2
From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Sunday, Feb. 21, Metrobus routes 70, 80, P6 and X2 will be rerouted due to the annual Chinese New Year Festival and Street Parade that will close H St., N.W. between 6th and 7th St., and I St., N.W. between 5th and 6th 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 2:39 pm, February 18, 2010.