What You Need to Know About Metro: Fourth of July Weekend

Metro, for all of its frustrations in the past few years, knows the sheer chaos of the Fourth of July weekend on it's system. So this week, in addition to some track work, there will also be extra service going on throughout the system. Here's what you need to know if you're using the Metro this weekend:

• On Friday between 10 p.m. through closing, trains will be single tracking between New York Avenue to Rhode Island. 
• On Saturday between 7 a.m. and Midnight, the single tracking with stretch from Rhode Island to Fort Totten. At Mightnight through 3 a.m., the single-tracking will switch to run between Fort Totten and Takoma.
• From Friday on 10 p.m. to closing on Saturday, Red Line will be tracking between Van Ness and Friendship Heights. 
• Orange and Blue line trains will single-track between Eastern Market and Stadium Armory from Friday at 10 p.m. to close on Saturday.
• On Sunday and Monday, there will be no track work throughout the entire system

Confused yet? Well here's the additional services and changes specifically for the Fourth of July.

• Metrorail will open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight. Non-peak fares will be in affect all day, parking will be free and bicycles will not be allowed inside the system.
• Smithsonian station will be closed all day, until the after the fireworks on the National Mall.
• Many "down" escalators in downtown stations (i.e. not Wheaton), will be turned off. 
• At 3 p.m. every other Orange Line train heading to New Carrollton will stop at Stadium Armory
• After 6 p.m. all Yellow Line trains will only go to Mt. Vernon Square and not Fort Totten. 
• Also after 6, all trains will operate every four minutes in downtown.

And remember, as a resident of the Washington D.C. Metro, it is your civic duty to remind tourists to walk to the left, stand to the right.