Metro This Weekend

Metro riders concerned about the impact of Hurricane Irene on service can get updates online at wmata.com and via Twitter @wmata. Metrorail customers may also sign up for Metro alerts via email by visiting wmata.com or tune to broadcast traffic reports for service information.

Metro advises riders to move cautiously on wet services, to stand well back from platform edges in the event of high winds, to refrain from walking through stations with open umbrellas, and to allow extra travel time as Metrobuses and MetroAccess vehicles will be detouring around downed trees and/flooded streets as necessary.

Meanwhile, Metro has deployed chainsaws in its motor vehicles, in case downed trees have to be removed from rail lines, and has placed more than 2,000 sandbags around escalators at Metrorail stations with a history of flooding issues. Wheaton is not among those stations.

Other steps taken to help prevent hurricane-related service disruptions include:

• Checking and monitoring drainage pumping stations and clearing drainage areas near stations and yards.
• Scheduling additional personnel  for weekend duty, and,
• Monitoring critical locations such as bus and parking garages, and flood-prone areas, for problems.

Currently, no delays are reported on the Red Line. Disruptions elsewhere in the system include:

Blue Line -
Disruption at Stadium-Armory. Trains are single tracking btwn Stadium-Armory & Addison Road due to scheduled track maintenance. Expect delays in both directions.

Green Line -
Disruption at Navy Yard. Expect delays in both directions due to post-baseball game travel at Navy Yard station.