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Metro This Weekend: Dec. 16-18

Metro recommends adding 30 minutes to travel time on the Red Line due to track work.

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Metrorail will be conducting track work from 10 p.m. Friday to closing on Sunday. If you are using Metro this weekend, keep these things in mind:

Red Line

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The most significant work of the weekend will take place on the Red Line. One Red Line track will be taken out of service between Dupont Circle and Judiciary Square for the safety of workers and Metro customers. Metro recommends adding 30 minutes of additional travel time. Expect crowded conditions.

  • Red Line trains will operate every 20 minutes through the work zone, with service between Shady Grove and Glenmont.

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  • Additional Red Line service will operate on Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m., with trains departing every 10 minutes from Shady Grove and Glenmont. However, every other train from Shady Grove station will turn back at Dupont Circle; every other train from Glenmont will turn back at Union Station.

  • The last train departing Glenmont station will leave 11 minutes earlier than usual -- at 2:26 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 11:26 p.m. on Sunday.  

    • Orange Line

    • Orange Line trains will share one track between East Falls Church and West Falls Church.

  • Orange Line trains will depart every 20 minutes from Vienna and New Carrollton.

  • Stations served by Orange and Blue line trains will have service every 10 minutes.

    • Blue Line

    • Blue Line trains will share one track in two sections: between Stadium-Armory and Addison Road, and between Reagan National Airport and Braddock Road.

    • Throughout the weekend, Blue Line trains will depart every 20 minutes from Franconia-Springfield and Largo Town Center.

  • Stations served by Orange and Blue line trains will have service every 10 minutes.

    • Green/Yellow Lines

    • Yellow Line trains will share one track between Reagan National Airport and Braddock Road.

    • Throughout the weekend, Yellow Line trains will operate every 20 minutes between Huntington and Mt. Vernon Sq. only; customers traveling to/from stations north of Mt .Vernon Sq. should use Green Line trains to complete their trip.

    • Green Line trains will operate at regular weekend service levels, with minor schedule adjustments due to single tracking between College Park and Greenbelt.

  • Every other train will turn back at College Park station during daytime hours.

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