Metro News Release
For immediate release: December 1, 2014
Metro announces weekends largely free of track work for the holiday season (updated)
This release has been updated: Metro has modified the service plan for the Orange Line on Saturday, December 6, to further minimize customer inconvenience. Rather than running reduced service to/from the five stations at the far eastern end of the line, Metro will instead run Orange Line trains from end to end at 16-minute intervals. Regular Saturday service is every 12 minutes, so on average, Orange Line customers will encounter two minutes of additional wait time.
Whether you're traveling to shopping, visiting family or friends, or heading out of town, Metro will make getting around a bit easier this holiday season with very limited rebuilding work affecting train schedules between now and Christmas.
"Thanks to all of the intense rebuilding work that has happened up to this point, we are in a position where we can ease up on track work for a few weekends and let our customers enjoy the season," said Metro Deputy General Manager Rob Troup. "We are also mindful of the role Metro plays in supporting the regional economy, and it is gratifying to be in a position to support the business community with good service this holiday season."
Metrorail provides convenient access to many of the region's popular shopping destinations, including Old Town Alexandria, Downtown DC, Pentagon City, Largo Town Center, the Mall at Prince George's, Wheaton Mall, Springfield Mall, Tyson's Corner, Bethesda, Union Station, and more.
After the holidays, Metro will resume weekend rebuilding efforts to keep the system operating safely and reliably.
Below is a summary of weekend service over the next three weekends:
- Five out of six Metrorail lines will have regular service throughout the weekend.
- Red, Silver, Blue, Yellow, Green line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
- Orange Line will operate on a regular weekend schedule on Sunday. On Saturday only, trains will run every 16 minutes, rather than every 12 minutes.
- 85 out of 91 Metrorail stations will have normal service throughout the weekend.
- Red, Orange and Yellow line trains will operate on a regular weekend schedule.
- Green Line trains will run on a regular weekend schedule between College Park and Branch Ave stations. At Greenbelt Station only, buses will replace trains on Saturday and Sunday.
- Blue Line trains will operate normally between Franconia-Springfield and Stadium-Armory, and Silver Line trains will operate normally between Wiehle-Reston East and Stadium-Armory. Riders traveling to or from five stations at the far eastern end of the Blue/Silver lines should allow additional time: Largo Town Center, Morgan Boulevard, Addison Road, Capitol Heights or Benning Road.
- 91 out of 91 Metrorail stations will have normal service; there is no scheduled rebuilding work anywhere on the system this weekend.
Christmas Day, December 25
- On Christmas Day, Metrorail will open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight with trains on a Sunday schedule. There is no scheduled rebuilding work on the holiday.
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News release issued at 12:15 pm, December 1, 2014.