Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 8, 2011

Track work planned for the weekend of August 12-14


Service impacts on the Red, Orange, Blue and Yellow lines

Metro's rebuilding efforts will continue this weekend on the Red, Orange, Blue and Yellow lines. The work will begin around 10 p.m. Friday, August 12, and continue through closing on Sunday, August 14.

Customers should take note of the following service impacts:

Red Line – from 10 p.m. Friday through closing on Sunday

  • Red Line trains will share one track between Grosvenor and Twinbrook stations for platform repairs.
  • Red Line trains will share one track between Takoma and Forest Glen stations to allow for train control replacement, cable installation, tie renewal and station upgrades.
  • Trains will depart endpoint terminals about every 24 minutes. On Saturday and Sunday between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., additional trains will operate between Grosvenor and Fort Totten, resulting service about every 12 minutes between these stations.
  • Customers should allow about 20 minutes of additional travel time.

Blue and Orange Lines – from 10 p.m. Friday through closing on Sunday

  • Orange and Blue Line trains will share one track between Eastern Market and Stadium-Armory stations as Metro replaces rail fasteners to provide a smoother ride.
  • In addition, Orange Line trains will share one track between Vienna and West Falls Church stations to allow for rail and tie renewal.
  • Throughout the weekend, Blue and Orange Line trains will depart endpoint terminals about every 24 minutes.
  • Customers should allow about 20 minutes of additional travel time.

Yellow Line – from 10 p.m., Friday through closing on Sunday

  • Yellow Line trains will share one track between Pentagon and L’Enfant Plaza stations for rail and tie renewal on the Metro bridge over the Potomac River.
  • Throughout the weekend, Yellow Line trains will operate between Huntington and Mt. Vernon Square stations approximately every 24 minutes.  (To travel beyond Mt. Vernon Square, customers should transfer to a Green Line train.)
  • Customers should allow about 20 minutes of additional travel time.

Major Track Work Planned for Weekend of August 20-21

Red Line customers should take note of major track work planned for the weekend of August 20-21. Buses will replace trains between Fort Totten and Glenmont stations, and five stations – Takoma, Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton and Glenmont – will be closed. In addition, Orange Line trains will share one track between Vienna and West Falls Church, and Blue Line trains will share one track between Stadium-Armory and Addison Road, and between Arlington Cemetery and Pentagon City.

Metro is advancing 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 wmata.com.

 

News release issued at 9:07 am, August 8, 2011.