Metro News Release

For immediate release: June 9, 2014

Metrorail weekend service adjustments June 13-15 to allow for rebuilding

UPDATE: The previously scheduled service adjustment affecting Greenbelt Station has been cancelled. As a result, Green Line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule at all stations throughout the weekend.

Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of June 13-15 with service adjustments beginning at 10 p.m. Friday night and continuing through system closing on Sunday.

Yellow and Green line trains will operate at regular weekend intervals except at Greenbelt Station on Saturday only (see below for details). Red Line trains will run every 24 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont, with additional trains between Grosvenor and Judiciary Square during daytime hours. Orange and Blue line trains will operate every 20 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 12-24 minutes

Red Line trains will operate as follows throughout the weekend:

  • Between Shady Grove & Glenmont every 24 minutes
  • Between Grosvenor & Judiciary Square: every 12 minutes Saturday & Sunday from 9AM-9PM only

Work Performed: Rail, tie and insulator renewal between Shady Grove and Twinbrook; insulator, fastener, fence and light pole replacement between Judiciary Square and Rhode Island Avenue

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.
  • Customers traveling between Fort Totten and downtown DC should use Green Line for a faster trip.
  • 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 20 minutes

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

Work Performed: Platform reconstruction, communications equipment replacement and grout pad rehabilitation 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: Fence replacement and light pole installation between Van Dorn Street and Braddock Road

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
Regular weekend service between Huntington and Fort Totten

Green Line
Regular weekend service

The previously scheduled service adjustment affecting Greenbelt Station has been cancelled. As a result, Green Line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule at all stations throughout the weekend.

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 10:25 am, June 9, 2014.