Metro News Release
For immediate release: June 10, 2010
Customers should expect lengthy delays on Metrorail this weekend
Dulles rail project continues this weekend on the Orange Line; Trains to share one track on the Red Line
Customers can expect lengthy delays of up to 30 minutes this weekend (June 11-13) as the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project continues major construction activities on the Orange Line, and repairs are made to a bridge on the Red Line.
Customers planning to take the Red or Orange lines to area events this weekend should add up to 30 minutes to their travel times.
Dulles Metrorail Construction Project
Orange Line riders in Northern Virginia should add 30 minutes to their travel plans this weekend (June 12-13) as the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project continues major construction activities between the East Falls Church and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations resulting in the tracks being closed between those two stations.
Regular service on the Orange Line between the East Falls Church and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail station will resume when the Metrorail system opens on Monday morning, June 14.
From 10 p.m. to closing (3 a.m.) on Friday, June 11, Orange Line trains will operate every 30 minutes and share one track between the East Falls Church and Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail stations. The last Orange Line will depart the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail station at its regular time of 2:25 a.m.
From 7 a.m., Saturday, June 12, to closing, on Sunday, June 13, the Orange Line will be split in two sections, the first running from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations, and the second between the New Carrollton and East Falls Church Metrorail stations. The East Falls Church and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations will remain open.
Metro will operate free shuttle buses between the East Falls Church and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations. Customers should expect delays and should add an extra 30 minutes into their travel plans if they need to pass through the work zone.
Red Line Bridge Repairs
Metrorail customers traveling between the New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U and Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because Metro will be conducting maintenance on a portion of elevated tracks that cross a bridge outside the Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metrorail station. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 10 p.m. Friday, June 11, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, June 13.
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News release issued at 8:59 am, June 10, 2010.