[Greater-Baltimore] Shuttle Bus for Metro Riders July 22 thru August 14

[Cheryl Fogle-Hatch]

Metro Subway to Partially Shut Down Service
July 22 thru August 14 for Safety Repairs

MTA is preparing for critical maintenance work that will partially
shut down the Metro Subway system for 24 days this summer, and
officials are urging riders to plan ahead and use free shuttle bus
service to help get them where they need to go.

>From July 22 thru August 14, the Reisterstown Plaza, Rogers Avenue and
West Cold Spring Metro Subway stations will be completely closed for
maintenance of critical components of the rail system. Full service
will resume on August 15. Service will continue between the following
stations: Owings Mills to Milford Mill and Mondawmin to Johns Hopkins
Hospital. Maintenance work will largely include reconstructing three
interlockings – a rail component that allows trains to cross from one
track to another. During the partial shutdown, the MTA also will
perform additional rail replacement, track maintenance, station
improvements and cleaning.

"MTA is doing everything it can to minimize the inconvenience our
customers will experience during these necessary repairs," said MTA
Deputy Administrator
Suhair Al Khatib. "Nothing is more important than our customers'
safety, so we ask our riders to plan ahead while we complete this
critical rail work that will enhance the safety, efficiency and
reliability of our service."

>From 8 p.m. Friday, July 22, thru midnight Sunday, August 14, MTA will
provide local and express shuttle buses linking the Metro Subway
service from Milford Mill Station south to Mondawmin Station.

Local shuttle buses will stop at each of the affected stations in both
directions from Milford Mill Station to Mondawmin. Express shuttle
service will run directly from Milford Mill to Mondawmin without
making any other station stops.

MTA asks customers to plan for up to an additional hour of travel time
in both directions. The free shuttle bus service will run at 10, 20
and 30-minute intervals depending on the time of day.

Customers traveling to the Milford Mill or Mondawmin stations should
exit the Metro Subway station and proceed to the street level, where a
team of transit ambassadors will help them locate the local and
express shuttle bus boarding areas.