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Weekend Metro Track Work Expected To Cause Delays

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WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - This weekend, expect some delays if your taking metro to get around the DC area.

Weekend track work will began Friday and continue through Sunday as Metro rebuilding efforts will continue on the Orange, Blue, Red, Yellow and Green Lines.

The work will began at 10 p.m. Friday and continue through system closing today (Sunday).

Orange Line
Orange Line trains will single track between East Falls Church and West Falls Church to allow for tie and insulator renewal. Customers should expect minor delays during this time. View Advisory

Blue Line
Buses will replace Blue Line trains between Braddock Road and Pentagon City to allow for tie renewal, insulator renewal, and cable installation to improve cell phone coverage. Reagan National Airport and Crystal City stations will be closed. Blue Line trains will operate in two segments: between Franconia-Springfield and Braddock Road and between Pentagon City and Largo Town Center, both at regular weekend intervals. Free shuttle bus service will operate between Pentagon City and Braddock Road stations, making all intermediate station stops. Customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time. View Advisory

Red Line
Red Line trains will single track between Takoma and Forest Glen to allow for station platform reconstruction and fiber optic cable installation. Trains will operate every 20 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont station.

Customers should allow 15 minutes of additional travel time. On Saturday and Sunday, between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., additional Red Line trains will operate between Shady Grove and NoMa-Gallaudet, resulting in service about every 10 minutes. View Advisory

Yellow Line
Buses will replace Yellow Line trains between Braddock Road and Pentagon City to allow for tie renewal, insulator renewal and cable installation to improve cell phone coverage. Reagan National Airport and Crystal City stations will be closed. Yellow Line trains will operate in two segments: between Huntington and Braddock Road and between Pentagon City and Mount Vernon Square, both at regular weekend intervals. Customers traveling to/from stations north of Mount Vernon Square should use Green Line trains to complete their trip. Shuttle buses will operate between Pentagon and Braddock Road stations, making all intermediate station stops.

Customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time. View Advisory

Green Line
Green Line trains will single track between Fort Totten and Prince George’s Plaza to allow for track maintenance, tie and fastener renewal and third-rail power improvements. Throughout the weekend, Green Line trains will operate every 16 minutes. Customers should allow about 10 minutes of additional travel time. As a result of the work zone, all Yellow Line trains will operate between Huntington and Mount Vernon Square only. Customers traveling to/from stations north of Mount Vernon Square should use Green Line trains to complete their trip.

If you use the Trip Planner on Metro’s website, be aware that it will not reflect the impact of this work on schedules.

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