D.C. Metro sets December weekend track maintenance schedule

In December, Metro in Washington, D.C., will conduct major track work on all the Red, Blue, Orange and Yellow lines to help maintain the rail system in a state of good repair and help improve service reliability. All weekend projects will impact travel times. 

Metro will not conduct any track maintenance work during the Christmas and New Year's holiday weekends. 

  

Friday, Dec. 3 to Sunday,
Dec. 5.

Orange Line Rail
Installation — Metrorail customers traveling between the New Carrollton and
Cheverly Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time
to allow Metro to install new crossties and weld new rail on the tracks in that
area to keep them in a state of good repair. Trains will share one track
between these locations from 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, to closing on Sunday, Dec.
5.



Red Line Track
Maintenance – Metrorail customers traveling between the Friendship Heights and
Van Ness-UDC Metrorail stations should add 20 minutes to their travel times
while Metro replaces fasteners and repairs tunnel leaks. This work is necessary
to maintain reliable service through that area of the track. Trains will share
one track between these locations from 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, to closing on
Sunday, Dec. 5. 

Metrorail customers traveling between the New York
Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metrorail
stations should also add at least 20 minutes to their travel time to allow
personnel to make station improvements to maintain reliable service through
that area. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 3, to closing on Sunday, Dec. 5. 

This portion of vital work
between the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U and Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood
Metrorail stations is part of the Red Line rehabilitation project, which is
extending the life cycle of the track and related systems by rebuilding those
areas.



Friday, Dec. 10, to
Sunday, Dec. 12.



Red Line Platform Repairs
and Switch Installation — Metrorail customers traveling between the Shady
Grove and Twinbrook Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their
travel time because Metro will install new rail crossties and repair the
deteriorated platform at the Rockville Metrorail station to bring it back to a
state of good repair. Trains will share one track between these locations from
8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 to closing on Sunday, Dec. 12. 

Metrorail customers
traveling between the Silver Spring and Wheaton Metrorail stations should add
at least 20 minutes to their travel time while Metro replaces track switches to
improve rail system safety at the Forest Glen Metrorail station. The track switch
replacement is work that has been recommended by the National Transportation
Safety Board. Trains will share one track between these locations from 10 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 10 to closing on Sunday, Dec. 12. 



Blue and Orange New Rail
Installation – Metrorail customers traveling between the Eastern Market and
Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their
travel time because Metro will weld new rail on the tracks in that area. Trains
will share one track between these locations from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday,
Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12.

Blue and Yellow Line Single Tracking — Metrorail customers
traveling between the Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street Metrorail stations
should add at least 30 minutes to their travel time because of maintenance work
related to the Wilson Bridge Project. Trains will share one track between these
locations from 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 to closing on Sunday, Dec. 12. 



Friday, Dec. 17 to Sunday,
Dec. 19.



Red Line Switch Installation
— Metrorail customers traveling between the Silver Spring and Wheaton Metrorail
stations should add at least 20 minutes to their travel time while Metro
replaces track switches to improve rail system safety at the Forest Glen
Metrorail station. The track switch replacement is work that has been
recommended by the NTSB. Trains will share one track between these locations
from 10 p.m.

Blue and Yellow Line Single
Tracking — Metrorail customers traveling between the Braddock Road and Van
Dorn Street Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes to their travel
time because of maintenance work related to the Wilson Bridge Project. Trains
will share one track between these locations from 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17 to
closing on Sunday, Dec. 19. 

Blue Line Communications Cable Installation —
Metrorail customers traveling between the Stadium-Armory and Addison Road-Seat
Pleasant Metrorail stations should add 30 minutes to their travel time while
personnel install communications cable in support of expanded cell phone
coverage throughout the Metrorail system. Trains will share one track between
these locations the entire weekend from 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17 to closing on
Sunday, Dec. 19. 



Orange Line Rail
Installation — Metrorail customers traveling between the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU
and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations should add at least 30 minutes
to their travel time because Metro will weld new rail on the tracks in that
area. Trains will share one track between these locations the entire weekend
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, and Sunday, Dec. 19.