Metro News Release

For immediate release: June 7, 2010

Metro ready for tomorrow's Nationals game

Crowded conditions expected on Green Line

Fans attending tomorrow night’s Nationals home game at 7:05 p.m., can expect standing room only on Green Line trains before and after the game. Metro will have additional eight-car trains available after the game and added personnel to assist fans at the west entrance of the Navy Yard Metrorail station at Half Street, a short one-block walk to the ballpark.

Prior to the start of the game, Metro will have its full complement of rush hour trains on the Green Line to get fans to the ballpark. Fans should plan to get to the ballpark as early as possible and to be prepared for extremely crowded conditions throughout the Green Line and at the two Green Line transfer stations, Gallery Pl-Chinatown and the L’Enfant Plaza Metrorail stations.

After the game, expect the Navy Yard Metrorail station to be packed as people head home. Fans should expect to be waiting in long lines to get back into the Navy Yard Metrorail station, perhaps for a half hour or more due to the large crowd attending the game.

Metro Transit Police will monitor the crowds headed home and when the Navy Yard Metrorail station platform is full of fans waiting for the next train, crowds are held at street level until the platform is clear. This “metering” of riders headed back into the station after games is done to ensure customer safety on the escalators, staircases and platform. The larger the crowd is at a game, the longer it takes to get back into the station.

People who want to avoid Metrorail crowds should consider Metrobus to and from the baseball games. The following Metrobuses serve Nationals Park: 70, P1, P2, V7, V8, and V9. Additionally, the District of Columbia Circulator provides extended service on game days between Union Station and the Navy Yard Metrorail station. For more information on Metrobus service to Nationals Park, visit www.wmata.com/nationals. For more information on DC Circulator service to Nationals Park, visit www.dccirculator.com.

For more information on Metrorail or Metrobus, please visit Metro’s Web site at www.metroopensdoors.com or call (202) 637-7000.

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News release issued at 2:17 pm, June 7, 2010.