What's Up With the Metro: July 15-17

Planning on catching the Metro to get around this weekend? Here’s what to expect.

Orange Line – 10 p.m., Friday through closing Sunday

• From 10 p.m., Friday, July 15, through closing on Sunday, July 17, buses will replace trains between East Falls Church and West Falls Church stations to allow for construction that will eventually connect the new rail line to the existing Metrorail system.
• East Falls Church and West Falls Church stations will remain open.
• Free shuttle buses will operate between East Falls Church and West Falls Church stations.
• The last train will depart Vienna 20 minutes earlier than usual—at 2:08 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights and at 11:08 p.m. on Sunday.
• Between Vienna and West Falls Church stations, trains will operate every 24 minutes and share one track while personnel replace cross ties and insulators.
• Customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time.

Red Line – 10 p.m. Friday through closing Sunday

• Red Line trains will share one track between Dupont Circle and Judiciary Square stations to allow for ceiling repairs at Farragut North, as well as replacement of rail fasteners, installation of new emergency phones and communication cables.
• Between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Red Line trains will depart every 10 minutes from Shady Grove and Glenmont. Every other train leaving the Shady Grove station will terminate at the Dupont Circle station. Every other train leaving the Glenmont station will terminate at Union Station.
• At all other times during the weekend, Red Line trains will depart every 20 minutes from Shady Grove and Glenmont, subject to delays en route due to single tracking.
• The last train departing Glenmont will leave 11 minutes earlier than usual—at 2:26 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and at 11:26 p.m. on Sunday.
• Red Line customers should allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time.

Blue and Yellow Lines – 10 p.m. Friday through closing Sunday

• Blue and Yellow Line trains will share one track between Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street/Huntington stations as crews install new rail and related infrastructure.
• Blue Line trains will depart Franconia-Springfield and Largo Town Center stations every 24 minutes. 
• Yellow Line trains will operate between Huntington and Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center stations every 24 minutes.  (Yellow Line trains will not operate between Mt. Vernon Sq. and Fort Totten.)
• Blue and Yellow Line customers should allow about 20 minutes of additional travel time.