WMATA successfully completes holiday weekend trackwork

The scheduled track overhaul on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Blue and Orange Line that interrupted service between the Metro Center and L'Enfant Plaza Metrorail stations and closed the Federal Triangle and Smithsonian Metrorail station during the Presidents Day Holiday Weekend was completed successfully and all stations reopened on time February 22. 

 Metro replaced four track switches, which comprised the entire rail interlocking at the Smithsonian Metrorail station, which was a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation to improve rail system safety. Metro also repaired tunnel leaks, made repairs to escalators and elevators and made safety improvements on the Red Line. During the weekend of March 4 to 6, there will be no service on the Orange Line between the Stadium-Armory and New Carrollton Metrorail stations or the Blue Line between the Stadium-Armory and Benning Road Metrorail stations as Metro repairs the rail bridge outside the Cheverly Metrorail station, makes track circuit upgrades and track repairs and improves cell phone coverage.