Friday, January 4, 2013
Metro advised passengers traveling through either work zone to allow for 15 minutes of additional travel time.
Red Line trains single track this weekend—from 10 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4, through closing on Sunday—in two work zones, according to Metro's website. Single tracking will take place: "Throughout the weekend, trains between Shady Grove and Glenmont will operate every 24 minutes. Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, additional trains will operate between Grosvenor and Judiciary Square, resulting in service [at] an average of every 12 minutes between these stations," Metro reported on its website. Metro advised passengers traveling through either work zone to allow for 15 minutes of additional travel time. Read more about scheduled track work this weekend at Metro's website.
Friday, December 28, 2012
No scheduled track work on the Red Line this weekend.
Weekend track work on the Red Line takes a break this weekend, Dec. 29 and 30, according to Metro's website. "The vast majority of Metrorail customers will enjoy normal service—free of track work—over the two weekends that precede the Christmas and New Year's holidays," Metro reported. This weekend, "there will be no scheduled track work on the Red, Orange, Blue or Yellow lines. The only planned work will take place on the Green Line, and will only affect customers traveling to or from Greenbelt Station," Metro added. Regular weekend track work will resume over the weekend of Jan. 4 through 6, Metro added. Read more about the scheduled work on the Green Line on Metro's website.
Friday, December 21, 2012
No scheduled track work on the Red Line this weekend.
Weekend track work on the Red Line takes a break this weekend, Dec. 22 and 23, according to Metro's website. "The vast majority of Metrorail customers will enjoy normal service—free of track work—over the two weekends that precede the Christmas and New Year's holidays," Metro reported. During the weekends of Dec. 22 through 23 and 29 through 30, "there will be no scheduled track work on the Red, Orange, Blue or Yellow lines. The only planned work will take place on the Green Line, and will only affect customers traveling to or from Greenbelt Station," Metro added. Regular weekend track work will resume over the weekend of Jan. 4 through 6, Metro added. Read more about the scheduled work on the Green Line on Metro's website.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Red Line trains will single track this weekend between Friendship Heights and Van Ness, and between Takoma and Forest Glen.
Red Line trains will single track in two work zones this weekend, according to Metro's website: The work will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday and will continue through system closing on Sunday, Metro reported. Throughout the weekend, trains running between Shady Grove and Glenmont will operate every 24 minutes in each direction, according to Metro. "On Saturday and Sunday, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. each day, additional trains will operate between Van Ness and NoMa-Gallaudet, resulting in service about every 12 minutes between those stations," Metro added. Metro advised passengers to add about 20 minutes of additional travel time to their weekend Metro trips. Visit Metro's website to read more about this weekend's scheduled track work.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Passengers traveling through the work zone via shuttle bus should allow for about 50 to 60 minutes of additional travel time, Metro advised.
Five Red Line Metrorail stations will close this weekend for scheduled track work, according to Metro's website. The closed stations will be: Takoma, Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton and Glenmont. Scheduled track work this weekend begins at 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, and concludes at system closing on Sunday night. "Free shuttle buses will replace Red Line trains between Fort Totten and Glenmont to allow for track renewal, signal improvements, platform reconstruction and fiber optic cable installation," Metro reported. Red Line trains will run between Fort Totten and Shady Grove every 10 minutes between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and every 15 minutes during the remaining operating hours. Metro advises passengers traveling…
Friday, November 30, 2012
Two Metro stations—Silver Spring and Takoma—will be closed this weekend.
Buses will replace Red Line trains between Fort Totten and Forest Glen this weekend "to allow for platform reconstruction, signal testing, track maintenance and fiber-optic cable installation, according to Metro's website. The work will begin at 10 p.m. on Friday and will continue through system closing on Sunday, Metro added. Two stations—Silver Spring and Takoma—will be closed. Red Line trains will operate in two segments: Metro advised passengers traveling through the work zone to allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time. Changes to last train times: Read more about Metro's scheduled track work this weekend on Metro's website.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Track work on the Metro this weekend will take place between the Takoma and Forest Glen stations.
Track work will continue on the Red Line this weekend, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16. Red Line trains will single track between Takoma and Forest Glen "to allow for platform reconstruction, fiber-optic cable installation and rail improvements," according to Metro's website. Throughout the weekend, trains will run every 20 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont, Metro reported. "On Saturday and Sunday, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. each day, additional trains will operate between Shady Grove and Fort Totten, resulting in service about every 10 minutes between those stations," Metro added. Metro advised passengers traveling through the work zone to allow about 15 minutes of additional travel time. Read more about weekend track work …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Free shuttle buses replace Metro trains between Friendship Heights and Shady Grove this weekend.
Free shuttle buses will replace Red Line trains between the Friendship Heights and Grosvenor Metro stations from 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, through system closing on Sunday, Oct. 21. The closure of the tracks during this time will "allow for rail renewal, fastener replacement, grout pad rehabilitation and leak mitigation," according to Metro's website. Red Line trains will operate in two segments throughout the weekend: between Shady Grove and Grosvenor, and between Friendship Heights and Glenmont. The trains will run every 10 minutes between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. At other times, trains will operate at regular weekend intervals, Metro added on its website. "Customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 30 minutes of additional …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Passengers traveling through the work zone should allow about 15 minutes of additional travel time, Metro advised on its website.
Metro's schedule of weekend track work continues this weekend at both ends of the Red Line. Between 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, and closing on Sunday, Oct. 14, Red Line trains will single track through two work zones, according to Metro's website: "Throughout the weekend, Red Line trains between Glenmont and Shady Grove will operate every 20 minutes," according to Metro's website. "Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, additional Red Line trains will operate between Grosvenor and NoMa-Gallaudet, providing service about every 10 minutes between those stations," Metro's website added. Metro advised passengers traveling through the work zones to allow about 15 minutes of additional travel time. Read more about track work this …
Friday, August 31, 2012
Work will continue on the Red, Blue and Orange lines this weekend.
Metro's rigorous schedule of weekend track work will not get a Labor Day break. "Red Line trains will single track between Rhode Island Avenue and Fort Totten to allow for platform reconstruction" this weekend, Metro's website reported. All weekend, "Red Line trains will operate between Shady Grove and Glenmont every 15 minutes in each direction. On Saturday and Sunday, between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m., additional trains will operate between Shady Grove and NoMa-Gallaudet U stations," providing service about every seven to eight minutes between these stations. "Red Line customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 10 minutes of additional travel time," Metro's website reported. Additional track work will take place on the …
stmojo
5:35 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
i wish i had known about this earlier. more ›