D.C. Metro to conduct rail repairs at Cheverly and replace track
Written by jrood
February 14, 2001 Metro in the Washington, D.C., area will close the eastern end of the Orange Line between the Stadium-Armory and New Carrollton Metrorail stations and there will be no Blue Line service between the Stadium-Armory and Benning Road Metrorail stations from 10 p.m., Friday, Nov. 5, to closing on Sunday, Nov, 7, as the agency undertakes a major rehabilitation and rebuilding project to improve safety, comply with a safety recommendation made by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), maintain service reliability and return the area to a state of good repair.
The Minnesota Ave,
Deanwood, Cheverly, Landover and New Carrollton Metrorail stations will be
closed and no Blue Line trains will operate between the Stadium-Armory and
Benning Road Metrorail stations. The Benning Road Metrorail station will remain
open. Normal service will resume on Monday, Nov. 8, at 5 a.m.
Orange Line trains will
operate between the Vienna-Fairfax-GMU and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations.
Blue Line trains will operate in two sections, between the
Franconia-Springfield and Stadium-Armory Metrorail stations and between the
Largo Town Center and Benning Road Metrorail stations.
To help riders get
through the work zone, Metro will operate free shuttle buses around the station
closures. Customers should build an extra 40 minutes into their travel plans if
they need to pass through the work zone.
During the first weekend,
Metro will make preliminary repairs to the stabilize the ground, the abutment
and aerial structure outside the Cheverly Metrorail station because a developer
performed work on land adjacent to Metro property that shifted the land and
caused movement of Metro’s aerial structure. Metro officials will also install
new track circuits outside the Stadium-Armory Metrorail station to comply with
an NTSB safety recommendation. In addition, Metro will conduct several
additional projects in the area of the closure to maximize the amount of work
to be done while there are no trains in the area.
