Rehab work to affect service on three D.C. Metro lines this weekend
Written by jrood
December 17-19, Metro in Washington, D.C., will replace a track switch, and install new rail and communications cable in support of expanded cell phone coverage to improve long-term reliability and service. As a result of this work, trains on the Red, Blue and Orange lines will be single-tracking and riders should expect their trips to take up to 30 minutes longer than usual. Delays are expected on the Red Line between the Silver Spring and Wheaton Metrorail stations as 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. 17, to closing on Sunday, Dec. 19. Customers traveling on the Blue Line 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. Customers traveling between the Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street Metrorail stations on the Blue Line 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 the entire weekend. Customers traveling on the Orange Line 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.
