Construction of rail to Dulles causing weekend delays on Metro

There will be no train service between the East Falls Church, Va., and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, (May 29, 30 and 31), and the first two weekends in June (June 5-6 and 12-13) to allow the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project to undertake the first in a series of major construction activities that eventually will connect the new rail line to the existing Metrorail system. 



For three consecutive
weekends, from 7 a.m., Saturday, May 29, to closing, on Monday, May 31, and all
day long on Saturday, June 5, Sunday, June 6, Saturday, June 12 and Sunday,
June 13, the Orange Line will be split in two sections, the first running from
Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations, and the
second between the New Carrollton and East Falls Church Metrorail stations. The
East Falls Church and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations will remain
open. 



During the multi-day
project, the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project contractors will conduct work on
a pier located east of the West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail station, drive
piles along the fence adjacent to the I-66 west and eastbound lanes and replace
ties on the tracks. All of this work is necessary to connect the new rail line
to the Orange Line.