DC Metro Area Updates & Service Changes

August 1, 2018

    DC Metro 

    Advisory Effective: 7/23/18 – 7/27/18

    Highlights

    Here is a summary of Metrorail service changes for Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5 to allow for safety and maintenance work:

    • Red Line shutdown continues between NoMa-Gallaudet and Fort Totten; last inbound train from Glenmont to Fort Totten departs 30 minutes earlier than usual
    • Orange, Silver and Green lines operate regular weekend service
    • Blue and Yellow lines operate every 20 minutes; Yellow Line between Huntington and Mt Vernon Sq only

    Red Line 

    Buses replace trains between NoMa-Gallaudet and Fort Totten

    Red Line trains operate:

    • Between Shady Grove and NoMa-Gallaudet every 8 minutes 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    • Between Fort Totten and Glenmont every 10 minutes 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    • After 9:00 p.m. trains on both segments of the Red Line operate every 15 minutes.

    Stations closed: Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood and Brookland

    Alternate travel options:

    • Free shuttle buses will operate between NoMa-Gallaudet, Rhode Island Ave, Brookland and Fort Totten. Please allow 10 minutes of travel time for each station stop.
    • MetroExtra Route G9 (Metrobus) operates during all hours of rail service providing a connection between Rhode Island Ave and Downtown DC/Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail station.
    • Customers traveling to Glenmont from NoMa-Gallaudet, Union Station and Judiciary Sq are strongly encouraged to ride a Shady Grove train to Gallery Place, then use the Green Line to connect back to the Red Line at Fort Totten.

    Work performed: Major structural repair work, including rebuilding of deteriorated platforms to improve ADA accessibility, at Rhode Island Ave; rail and fastener renewal in other parts of the shutdown area

    To allow for shuttle bus and last train connections, the last inbound (Fort Totten-bound) train will depart stations between Glenmont and Takoma 30 minutes earlier than usual

    Red Line major improvement project information


    Orange Line 

    Regular weekend service


    Silver Line 

    Regular weekend service


    Blue Line

    Trains every 20 minutes

    Single tracking between Reagan National Airport and Braddock Road to allow for rail fastener renewal and joint elimination for a smoother ride.

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    Yellow Line 

    Trains every 20 minutes between Huntington and Mt Vernon Sq only

    Single tracking between Reagan National Airport and Braddock Road to allow for rail fastener renewal and joint elimination for a smoother ride.

    Yellow Line trains will operate between Huntington and Mt Vernon Sq only. Customers traveling to/from stations north of Mt Vernon Sq should use the Green Line to complete their trip.


    Green Line 

    Regular weekend service

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