Metro Rail weekend service for Saturday, August 1 through Sunday, August 2

Hours: Saturday: 6 am - 2 am, Sunday: 6 am - midnight

Impacted service

Red Line

Summer Shutdown July 6 - Sept. 6: Trains will not operate between North Bethesda and Friendship Heights. Free shuttles replace trains — learn more about the service impacts.

Trains operate in two separate segments:

• Shady Grove - North Bethesda: daytime: 6 minutes between trains; evening: 10 minutes between trains
• Glenmont - Friendship Heights: daytime: 6 minutes between trains; evening: 10 minutes between trains

Orange Line

Single tracking between Vienna and West Falls Church.

Daytime (open to 9:30 pm):

• 24 minutes between trains, Vienna - West Falls Church
• 12 minutes between trains (normal), West Falls Church - New Carrollton

Nightime (after 9:30 pm):

• 30 minutes between trains, Vienna - West Falls Church
• 15 minutes between trains (normal), West Falls Church - New Carrollton

To complete your trip inbound toward Washington, D.C. or outbound toward Vienna, you must transfer trains at West Falls Church. 

Normal service

Yellow Line

Green Line

Silver Line

Blue Line

What track work are we doing?

Red Line

• Creating a second mezzanine at Bethesda station to integrate the MTA Purple Line
• Rehabilitating the platform at Grosvenor-Strathmore by replacing slab edges and tiles, adding new lighting, and modifying drainage
• Maintaining the raised railway across Rockville Pike/MD 355 between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center stations

Orange Line

• Replacing timber ties, cross ties, and insulation

Weekday track work

View the Metro Rail weekday track work schedule.