Metro News Release
For immediate release: March 11, 2010
Metro announces weekend rail and bus service changes
Weekend track maintenance on the Red and Blue lines 15 Metrobus routes detoured for weekend activities
Track maintenance on the Red and Blue lines this weekend (March 12-14) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track. Customers should add 30 minutes to their trips. Additionally, 15 Metrobus lines will be detoured for weekend activities. Customers using these Metrobus lines should add additional time for their travel.
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 from 10 p.m., Friday, March 12, to 2 p.m., Saturday, March 13, and again from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Sunday, March 14.
To help expedite rail travel into downtown Washington, every other Red Line train traveling toward the Glenmont Metrorail station will terminate at the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metrorail station and will return back to the Shady Grove Metrorail station.
Blue Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time to allow Metro to replace concrete slabs underneath the rails. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m., Friday, March 12, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, March 14.
Rerouting of Metrobus Routes 4B, 5A and 38B
From 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., on Saturday, March 13, Metrobus routes 4B, 5A and 38B will be rerouted due to a four-mile race that will close Wilson Blvd., between N. Veitch St., and N. Court House Rd.
Rerouting of Metrobus Route G2
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Saturday, March 13, Metrobus route G2 will be rerouted due to motion picture filming activity that will close P Street, N.W., between 34th and 35th St.
Rerouting of Metrobus Routes 32, 34, 36, 54, 64, 70, 96, P6, S2, S4, V8
From 5 a.m. to noon, on Sunday, March 14, Metrobus routes 32, 34, 36, 54, 64, 70, 96, P6, S2, S4 and V8 will be rerouted for a St. Patrick’s Day 8K race that will close Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., between 12th and 14th St.
Rerouting of Metrobus Routes 5A, 32, 34, 36, 54, 64, 70, P6, S2, S4, V8
From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., on Sunday, March 14, Metrobus routes 5A, 32, 34, 36, 54, 64, 70, P6, S2, S4 and V8 will be rerouted for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade that will close Constitution Ave., N.W., between 3rd and 17th St, and 4th and 7th St., between Constitution Ave and Independence Ave.
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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 12:43 pm, March 11, 2010.