Metro News Release

For immediate release: May 27, 2014

Metrorail weekend service adjustments May 30-June 1 to allow for rebuilding

Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of May 30 - June 1 with service adjustments beginning at 10 p.m. Friday and continuing through system closing on Sunday.

Red Line trains will run every 15 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont, with additional trains between Van Ness and NoMa-Gallaudet during daytime hours. Orange Line trains will operate every 24 minutes, trains on the Blue and Yellow lines will run every 20 minutes, and Green Line trains will run every 16 minutes.

Metro is investing $5.5 billion to install new rail, ties, platforms, escalators, signals, lighting, communication systems, and more. It represents the largest capital investment -- and work effort -- since the system's original construction in the early 1970s.

Red Line  Red Line 
Trains every 10-15 minutes

Red Line trains will operate as follows from 10 p.m. Friday through closing Sunday:

  • Between Shady Grove & Glenmont: Every 15 minutes throughout the weekend
  • Between Van Ness & NoMa-Gallaudet: Every 8-10 minutes from 9AM-9PM only

Work Performed: Insulator and fastener renewal, and fence and light pole replacement between NoMa-Gallaudet and Rhode Island Avenue; floating slab rehabilitation between Van Ness and Friendship Heights.

Travel Tips

  • Metrobus service may provide an alternate travel option for some riders. To check, plan your trip using Trip Planner and select the "bus only" option.
  • Before traveling, consult the trip planner at wmata.com to check the special schedule and reduce your wait time. (Trip Planner is updated to reflect weekend rebuilding schedules on Fridays; please check on Friday afternoon or later.) You will experience the additional wait time on the platform. Once your train departs the station, it is not expected to encounter additional delays en route.

Orange Line Orange Line 
Trains every 24 minutes

Orange Line trains will operate every 24 minutes throughout the weekend.

Work Performed: Improvements to track infrastructure including rail tie, fastener, and insulator renewal between East Falls Church and West Falls Church; platform reconstruction between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly.

Travel Tips

  • Metrobus service may provide an alternate travel option for some riders. To check, plan your trip using Trip Planner and select the "bus only" option
  • Before traveling, consult the trip planner at wmata.com to check the special schedule and reduce your wait time. (Trip Planner is updated to reflect weekend rebuilding schedules on Fridays; please check on Friday afternoon or later.) You will experience the additional wait time on the platform. Once your train departs the station, it is not expected to encounter additional delays en route.

   Blue Line
Trains every 20 minutes

Blue Line trains will operate every 20 minutes throughout the weekend.

Work Performed: Improvements to infrastructure including grout pad replacement, rail fastener renewal, communications upgrades and switch installation between Pentagon City and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Travel Tips

  • Before traveling, consult the trip planner at wmata.com to check the special schedule and reduce your wait time. (Trip Planner is updated to reflect weekend rebuilding schedules on Fridays; please check on Friday afternoon or later.) You will experience the additional wait time on the platform. Once your train departs the station, it is not expected to encounter additional delays en route.

Yellow Line
Trains every 20 minutes between Huntington and Mt. Vernon Sq

Yellow Line trains will operate every 20 minutes throughout the weekend.  All trains will operate to/from Mt Vernon Sq, rather than Fort Totten.  If you are traveling to or from a station north of Mt Vernon Sq, use a Green Line train to complete your trip.

Work Performed: Improvements to infrastructure including grout pad replacement, rail fastener renewal, communications upgrades and switch installation between Pentagon City and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Travel Tips

  • Metrobus service may provide an alternate travel option for some riders. To check, plan your trip using Trip Planner and select the "bus only" option
  • Before traveling, consult the trip planner at wmata.com to check the special schedule and reduce your wait time. (Trip Planner is updated to reflect weekend rebuilding schedules on Fridays; please check on Friday afternoon or later.) You will experience the additional wait time on the platform. Once your train departs the station, it is not expected to encounter additional delays en route.

Green Line
Trains every 16 minutes

Green Line trains will operate every 16 minutes throughout the weekend.

Work Performed: Rail joint elimination and communication cable replacement between Fort Totten and Prince George's Plaza.

Travel Tips

  • Additional Green Line trains will operate between Mt Vernon Sq and Anacostia before and after Nationals games this weekend.
  • Metrobus service may provide an alternate travel option for some riders. To check, plan your trip using Trip Planner and select the "bus only" option
  • Before traveling, consult the trip planner at wmata.com to check the special schedule and reduce your wait time. (Trip Planner is updated to reflect weekend rebuilding schedules on Fridays; please check on Friday afternoon or later.) You will experience the additional wait time on the platform. Once your train departs the station, it is not expected to encounter additional delays en route.

For more information

For schedules, real-time train arrivals and station information, visit wmata.com. Metro riders can access Metro's new mobile website by entering wmata.com into their smartphone browser. For assistance by phone, call Metro customer information at (202) 637-7000 [TTY 202-638-3780].

News release issued at 12:29 pm, May 27, 2014.