Metro News Release
For immediate release: June 9, 2011
Weekend track work June 10-12 on Red, Blue and Orange lines
Metro will continue its aggressive efforts to rebuild the Metrorail system this weekend on the Red, Blue and Orange lines.
The work will begin around 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 10, and continue through system closing on Sunday, June 12. Customers should take note of the following service impacts:
Red Line
• From 9:30 p.m., Friday, June 10 through closing on Sunday, June 12, Red Line trains will share one track between the Grosvenor-Strathmore and Twinbrook stations as Metro conducts platform rehabilitation work at White Flint and Twinbrook stations.
• From 10 p.m., Friday, June 10 through closing on Sunday, June 12, Red Line trains will share one track between the Takoma and Forest Glen stations to allow for upgrades to train control rooms.
• Throughout the weekend, all Red Line trains will operate approximately every 24 minutes between the Shady Grove and Glenmont stations. On Saturday and Sunday between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., additional Red Line trains will operate between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Takoma stations, resulting service about every 12 minutes between these stations.
• Red Line customers should allow about 20 minutes of additional travel time.
Blue and Orange Line
• From 10 p.m., Friday, June 10, to closing on Sunday, June 12, Blue and Orange Line trains will share one track between Foggy Bottom-GWU and Arlington Cemetery/Clarendon stations as Metro replaces rail fasteners to provide a smoother ride.
• Throughout the weekend, all Blue and Orange Line trains will depart endpoint terminals approximately every 20 minutes.
• Blue and Orange Line customers should allow about 20 minutes of additional travel time.
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.
The Trip Planner on Metro’s website will not reflect the impact of this work on schedules. For more information on traveling by Metrobus or Metrorail, customers may call (202) 637-7000 or TTY (202) 638-3780, or visit metroopensdoors.com.
News release issued at 10:05 am, June 9, 2011.