Metro News Release
For immediate release: September 15, 2010
Weekend renovation to improve reliability, service on the Red, Yellow and Green lines
Upgrades being made to improve efficiency, performance
This weekend (September 17-19) Metro will upgrade its platforms and replace a track switch on the Red, Yellow and Green lines to improve long-term reliability and service. As a result of this crucial work, which is critical to maintain the railroad in a state of good repair, riders can expect delays of up to 30 minutes.
Red Line Platform Rehabilitation
Metrorail customers traveling between the Shady Grove and Twinbrook Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because Metro will repair the deteriorated platform at the Rockville Metrorail station to return it to a state of good repair. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 8 p.m. Friday, September 17, to closing, (midnight) on Sunday, September 19.
Green and Yellow Line Track Maintenance
Metrorail customers traveling between the Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center and U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel times while Metro officials will replace a track switch to improve rail system safety and weld new rail outside the Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail station. The track switch replacement is work that has been recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend from 10 p.m. Friday, September 17, to closing (midnight) on Sunday, September 19.
On Saturday, September 18, and Sunday, September 19, all Green and Yellow Line trains will operate approximately every 15 minutes from the ends of each rail line from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and approximately every 20 minutes after 9:30 p.m. Throughout the weekend, all Yellow Line trains will operate between the Huntington and Fort Totten Metrorail stations.
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News release issued at 5:03 pm, September 15, 2010.