Metro News Release
For immediate release: August 21, 2012
Metro weekend track work August 24-26, 2012
Buses replace Orange Line trains between Vienna and East Falls Church; Red Line single tracking in two work zones; normal service on Blue, Green, Yellow
Work to rebuild the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of August 24-26 with scheduled track work on the Orange and Red lines only. The work will begin at 10 p.m. Friday and continue through system closing on Sunday.
There is no scheduled work on the Blue, Green or Yellow lines this weekend; trains on these lines will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
The Trip Planner on Metro’s website will not reflect the impact of this work on schedules. Customers are encouraged to sign up for MetroAlerts (wmata.com/metroalerts) to receive service information via email or text message.
News release issued at 12:03 pm, August 21, 2012.