What's Up With the Metro: July 22-24

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 22, through closing on Sunday, July 24, 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.
• Trains will operate every 20 minutes between Dupont Circle and Judiciary Square.
• 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.

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

• Green Line trains will share one track between Navy Yard and Anacostia stations as crews perform track rehabilitation work.
• No delays are expected from this work.

Farragut North Station

• The north entrance (L Street/Connecticut Avenue NW) at Farragut North Station will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday through closing Sunday due to construction activity. Customers should use the K Street entrance instead.