Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 2, 2010
Weekend renovation to improve reliability, service on Metro's Red and Orange Lines
Upgrades to improve efficiency, performance
This weekend (Dec. 3-5) Metro will upgrade its track and stations 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, trains on the Red and Orange lines will be single-tracking, and riders should expect their trips to take up to 30 minutes longer than usual.
Red Line Track Maintenance and Station Improvements
Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and Van Ness-UDC Metrorail stations should add 20 minutes to their travel times because Metro will replace fasteners and repair tunnel leaks. This work is necessary to maintain reliable service through that area of the track. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, to closing on Sunday, Dec. 5.
Metrorail customers traveling between the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metrorail stations should add at least 20 minutes to their travel time to allow personnel to make track and station improvements that will help improve reliable service through that area. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, to closing on Sunday, Dec. 5.
This portion of vital work on the Red Line between the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metrorail stations is part of the Red Line rehabilitation project, which is extending the lifecycle of the track and related systems by rebuilding those areas.
On Saturday, Dec. 4, and Sunday, Dec. 5, Red Line trains will depart approximately every 15 minutes from the Shady Grove and Glenmont Metrorail stations. From 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., a separate segment of the Red Line will operate approximately every 8 minutes between the Van Ness-UDC and New York Ave-Florida Ave-Gallaudet U Metrorail stations.
Orange Line Rail Replacement and Installation
Metrorail customers traveling between the New Carrollton and Cheverly Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time to allow Metro to replace install new cross ties and to weld new rail on the tracks in that area to keep them in a state of good repair. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, to closing on Sunday, Dec. 5.
From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 5, every other Orange Line train traveling in the direction of the New Carrollton Metrorail station will terminate at the Cheverly Metrorail station and return to the Vienna-Fairfax/GMU Metrorail station.
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News release issued at 10:02 am, December 2, 2010.