Community Corner

What's Up With the Metro: July 27-29

A look at what you need to know about the Metro this weekend.

Taking the Metro to get around this weekend? Here’s what to expect.

Red Line: Buses will replace Red Line trains between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights stations to allow for rail renewal and replacement, structural repairs, tunnel leak mitigation and related improvements. Two stations—Medical Center and Bethesda—will be closed. Red Line trains will operate in two segments: between Shady Grove and Grosvenor and between Friendship Heights and Glenmont. On each segment, trains will operate every 10 minutes between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. and at regular weekend intervals at other times. Customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time. Buses will also replace trains on this portion of the Red Line during the weekend of Aug. 10-12.

Blue Line: Buses will replace Blue Line trains at Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street stations to allow for rail tie and insulator renewal, track maintenance, bridge deck repair and cable installation. Blue Line trains will operate between Largo Town Center and Huntington stations at regular weekend service intervals. Free shuttle buses will operate between Franconia-Springfield, Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue stations. All connections to shuttle buses will take place at Eisenhower Avenue Station. Customers traveling to or from Franconia-Springfield or Van Dorn Street stations should allow 30 minutes of additional travel time.

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Orange Line: Trains will single track between East Falls Church and West Falls Church to allow for work associated with the Silver Line extension and between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly for platform reconstruction. Throughout the weekend, Orange Line trains will depart Vienna and New Carrollton every 24 minutes. On Saturday and Sunday between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., additional trains will operate between Vienna and Stadium-Armory, providing service an average of every 12 minutes. Customers should allow additional travel time.

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, 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 or from stations north of Mount Vernon Square should use Green Line trains to complete their trip.

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