What's Up With the Metro: July 9-11

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

Metro track work will begin around 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 8, and will continue through closing on Sunday, July 10. Customers should take note of the following service impacts: 

Red Line – 9:30 p.m. Friday through closing on Sunday:

• Red Line trains will share one track between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Twinbrook stations to allow for platform rehabilitation work at White Flint and Twinbrook stations.
• Red Line trains will share one track between Takoma and Forest Glen stations to allow for upgrades to train control rooms and installation of new emergency phones.
• Red Line trains will operate approximately every 24 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont stations.  On Saturday and Sunday between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., additional Red Line trains will operate between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Fort Totten stations, resulting service about every 12 minutes between these stations.
• Red Line customers should allow 20 minutes of additional travel time.

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

• Blue Line trains will share one track between Stadium-Armory and Addison Road-Seat Pleasant stations as crews repair the floating slabs underneath the rails to provide a smoother ride.
• 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.)
• Customers should allow 20 minutes of additional travel time.