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Major Track Work Will Cause Delays On Metro This Weekend
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Major track work will wreak havoc on Metro passengers on nearly every line this weekend. Single tracking, closed stations, bus shuttles from one station to another — beginning...
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(Update) Metro Delays: Blue & Orange Lines
(Update: Metro reports that repairs have been made and both the Blue and Orange line trains are back on track at a normal place. No more delays for the time being.) DC Metro reporting that Blue and...
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Major Metro Closings: List Of Track Work And Delays For This Weekend
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Buses replace trains between East Falls Church & West Falls Church; Yellow Line trains operate via the Blue Line between Huntington & Stadium-Armory. Metro reports it will...
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Weekend Metro Closings (March 2 – March 4)
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro would like to remind you it will continue efforts to rebuild the rail system over the weekend, as part of an ongoing six-year, $5 billion Capital Improvement Program that is...
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Two Metro Stations Closed For More Weekend Maintenance
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro will close two stations on the red line for weekend track work. WMATA say that starting Friday at 10 p.m. and continuing through Sunday, customers will need to take a free...
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Weekend Track Work Means More Delays, All Lines Open Early Saturday
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro says it will continue efforts to rebuild the rail system over the weekend of March 16 through March 18, 2012. The work begins at 10 p.m. Friday and continues through system...
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Metro Introduces New Program To Alleviate Rush Hour Overcrowding
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro says it is enhancing rush hour to serve more customers, reduce crowding and provide new transfer-free travel opportunities. It’s all called Rush+ and it begins June 18, 2012....
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Metro To Halt Weekend Maintenance One Month For Cherry Blossoms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says it won’t conduct any maintenance work over the next four weekends because of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Metro says ridership increases by an average of more...
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Metro: Weekend Track Work To Cause 20 Minute Delays On Multiple Lines
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro reports that riders of the red, orange and blue lines should expect delays of up to 20 minutes this weekend. Red Line: Trains will single track between Takoma and Forest Glen...
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Metro Doing Work Over Long Holiday Weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro is using the long holiday weekend to make improvements to the rail system. Metro says that beginning Friday at 10 p.m. and continuing through Monday, passengers traveling on...
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Buses Replace Trains On Section Of Blue Line Over Weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says weekend track work will require blue line riders traveling between the Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street stations to take a free shuttle buses. Metro says...
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Metro: Red Line Service Temporarily Suspended Between Fort Totten And Rhode...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Red line service is temporarily suspended between Fort Totten and Rhode Island Avenue stations due to police activity outside Fort Totten Station. Riders traveling between downtown...
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Metro To Improve Wi-Fi Over Weekend
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Riders will suffer major delays this weekend as Metro works to improve wireless communications and continues to rebuild its tracks. Improvements to the Metrorail system will...
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Weekend Metro Delays Guide: Closures On Red Line
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro is ramping up its communications this weekend with the installation of a new fiber optic cable expected to improve wireless communications, but it comes with a heavy burden...
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Metro Investigating After Massive Delays on Red Line
WASHINGTON — Metro says it’s investigating the cause of power problems that tripped up the morning rush-hour commute along the Red Line. The power problems affected different parts of the rail line...
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Metro: Single Tracking Causing Delays on Red Line
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro’s Red Line is single tracking between Friendship Heights and Medical Center causing delays of up to 20 minutes for commuters. Metro says the trains are single tracking...
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Metro: Weekend Delays Include Two Station Closings
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Weekend track work on the Orange, Blue and Red Lines will affect Metro riders this weekend, along with two station closings. Metro says the Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations...
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Metro Forgets To Turn Back Clocks; Strands Riders
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Metro riders were stranded in the early hours Sunday after the transit agency failed to live up to its Daylight Saving Time commitment. On Friday, Metro reported trains would offer...
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Metro Using Veterans’ Day Holiday to Catch Up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says it will be taking advantage of the long Veterans’ Day weekend to complete work on the orange, red and green lines. Metro says work will begin Friday at 10 p.m. and...
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Metro Track Work Impacting Four Lines This Weekend
WASHINGTON — Metro says single tracking on the red, orange, blue and yellow lines will affect weekend train riders. On the red line, trains will single track between Takoma and Forest Glen from 10 p.m....
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