Metro News Release
For immediate release: March 30, 2011
April planned work on the Red, Blue, Orange and Yellow lines to improve safety and reliability
Work aimed at rebuilding the Metrorail system
Next month, there will be no Orange Line service between the Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton Metrorail stations from 8 p.m., Friday, April 15 to closing on Sunday, April 17, as the transit agency continues to make repairs to the aerial structure at the Cheverly Metrorail station. Metro will operate free shuttle bus service between the Stadium-Armory and New Carrollton Metrorail stations during that weekend.
Metro will also conduct major weekend, weeknight and weekday track maintenance work as part of its effort to rebuild the Metrorail system. To view a complete list of April service changes associated with weeknight work, click here; to view April’s service changes associated with weekend service changes, click here.
All weekend work will begin at 10 p.m. Friday nights and conclude at closing (midnight) on Sunday.
All weeknight projects will begin at 9:30 or 10 p.m. and conclude at closing (midnight).
Please note, this schedule is subject to change. Metro riders can visit www.metroopensdoors.com at the end of each month to see the following month’s schedule of work. Metro will continue to issue news releases each Thursday as a reminder to provide updates about any last minute weekend track maintenance schedule changes.
Metro has a six-year, $5 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that is focused on safety and maintaining the Metro system in a state of good repair. In FY2012, the CIP includes projects such as replacing escalators; retrofitting track; replacing track circuitry, signs and chain markers on the right of way; rehabilitating third rail, running rail and track pads; rehabilitating 12 Metrorail stations; purchasing 150 new police radios; the replacement of 100 Metrobuses and the rehabilitation of 100 more; rehabilitating three bus garages; and installing 30 track turnouts.
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News release issued at 3:08 pm, March 30, 2011.