Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 4, 2010
Weekend renovation to improve reliability, service on the Red, Green lines
Upgrades being made to improve efficiency, performance
This weekend (August 6-8) Metro will upgrade its track on the Red and Green lines to improve reliability and service. As a result of this crucial work aimed at keeping the railroad in a state of good repair, riders can expect delays between 20 and 40 minutes.
This weekend the Legg Mason Tennis Classic tournament is taking place at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park. Fans attending this weekend’s tournament and using Metrorail to catch the free shuttle buses from the Van Ness-UDC Metrorail station should add at least 40 minutes to their travel times due to this weekend’s track maintenance on the Red Line.
Red Line Weekend Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Dupont Circle and Judiciary Square Metrorail stations on the Red Line should add at least 40 minutes to their travel time because Metro will install new track and upgrade a rail switch outside the Farragut North Metrorail station. A switch is an intersection in the track, where trains can “switch” from one track to another, depending on their destination and route. Trains will share track between these locations the entire weekend from 10 p.m., Friday, August 6, to closing (midnight) Sunday, August 8.
On Saturday, August 7, and Sunday, August 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Red Line trains will depart approximately every 10 minutes from the Shady Grove and Glenmont Metrorail stations. Every other train leaving the Shady Grove Metrorail station will terminate at the Dupont Circle Metrorail station. Every other train leaving the Glenmont Metrorail station will terminate at the Union Station Metrorail station. At all other times during the weekend, Red Line trains will depart approximately every 20 minutes from the Shady Grove and Glenmont Metrorail stations. All Red Line trains will operate with eight cars throughout the weekend.
Throughout the weekend, all Red Line trains servicing the Dupont Circle, Farragut North, Metro Center and Gallery Pl-Chinatown Metrorail stations will use the Glenmont bound Metrorail station platform.
Additionally, the last trains departing the Glenmont Metrorail station will leave 11 minutes earlier than usual. The last trains will depart Glenmont at 2:26 a.m. on Friday, August 6, and Saturday, August 7, and 11:26 p.m., on Sunday, August 8.
For riders who would like to bypass the single-tracking between the Judiciary Square and Dupont Circle Metrorail stations, Metrobus will operate additional service on the routes below. You may also view a map of bus route alternatives.
• Route 80/North Capitol Street line: This line originates at the Fort Totten Metrorail station and serves the Brookland-CUA, Gallery Place and Farragut North Metrorail stations and passes within one block of the Union Station (N. Capitol Street) and Metro Center (H Street) Metrorail stations. On Saturday, August 7, the 80 route will operate approximately every 13 minutes between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m., and every 15 minutes between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. On Sunday, August 8, the 80 route will operate approximately every 15 minutes between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. and approximately every 18 minutes from 8 p.m. to midnight.
• Route 42/Mount Pleasant Line: This line originates at the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail station and serves the Metro Center, McPherson Square, Farragut North and Dupont Circle Metrorail stations. On Saturday, August 7, the 42 route will operate approximately every 8 to 10 minutes between 7 a.m. and 3 a.m. On Sunday, August 8, the 42 route will operate approximately every 11 to 15 minutes between 5 a.m. and 2 a.m.
• Route L2/Connecticut Avenue Line: This line services the Farragut North and Dupont Circle Metrorail stations, and uses Connecticut Avenue to reach the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan, Cleveland Park and Van Ness-UDC Metrorail stations. On Saturday, August 7, the L2 route will operate approximately every 10 minutes between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. and approximately every 15 minutes between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. On Sunday, August 8, the L2 route will operate approximately every 15 minutes between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. and every 18 minutes from 8 p.m. to midnight.
In addition to Metrobus, riders may wish to consider the DC Circulator. The DC Circulator’s Woodley Park/Adams Morgan to McPherson Square Metrorail station route provides bus service from the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail station to Columbia Heights, 14th and U Streets N.W. and the McPherson Square Metrorail station approximately every 10 minutes from 7 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 7, and from 7 a.m. to midnight on Sunday, August 8. The DC Circulator’s Georgetown to Union Station Metrorail station route provides service from Union Station to Georgetown along Massachusetts Avenue N.W. and K Street that also serves the Farragut North Metrorail station and stops within a block of the McPherson Square, Farragut West and Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail stations. This service will operate approximately every 15 minutes from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, August 7 and Sunday, August 8.
Green Line Weekend Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Southern Avenue and Naylor Road Metrorail stations should add at least 20 minutes to their travel time because Metro will weld new rail on the tracks in that area. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 10 p.m. Friday, August 6, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, August 8.
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News release issued at 12:31 pm, August 4, 2010.