[Md-sligo] Fw: Metro weekend track work November 9-12

[Debbie Brown]

For anyone using Metro on Sunday.

Debbie

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From: "Metro News" <listreturn at return.lists-wmata.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:51 AM
Subject: Metro weekend track work November 9-12



The ongoing effort to rebuild and upgrade the Metrorail system to provide 
safer and more reliable service will continue over Veterans' Day weekend, 
November 9-12, on the Red, Orange and Green lines. The work will begin at 10 
p.m. Friday and continue through system closing on Veterans' Day, Monday, 
November 12.

There is no scheduled track work this weekend on the Blue or Yellow lines.

On Veterans' Day, Monday, November 12, Metrorail service will operate on a 
Saturday schedule.  The system will open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight. 
Metrobus service will operate on a "Saturday Supplemental" schedule; 
customers should check timetables for details.

Red Line: Trains will single track between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights 
to allow for rail and fastener renewal, as well as tunnel leak repairs. 
Throughout the weekend, trains will operate every 20 minutes between Shady 
Grove and Glenmont.  Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and 
Monday, additional trains will operate between Friendship Heights and 
Glenmont, resulting in service an average of every 10 minutes between those 
stations.  Customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 10 
minutes of additional travel time.

Orange Line:  Buses will replace Orange Line trains between East Falls 
Church and Clarendon as Metro replaces track switches outside Ballston 
Station.  In addition, trains will single track between Vienna and East 
Falls Church to allow for testing associated with the Silver Line extension 
project.

As a result, two stations -- Ballston and Virginia Square -- will be closed. 
Free shuttle bus service will operate between East Falls Church and 
Clarendon, making intermediate station stops.

Throughout the weekend, Orange Line trains will operate in two segments:
     • Between Clarendon and New Carrollton at regular weekend service 
intervals
     • Between Vienna and East Falls Church every 24 minutes

Customers traveling through the work zone via shuttle bus service should 
allow about 30 minutes of additional travel time. Customers traveling 
to/from stations west of East Falls Church should allow up to 45 minutes of 
additional travel time (30 minutes for shuttle bus service plus up to 15 
minutes due to single tracking).

Green Line: Trains will single track between Greenbelt and College Park to 
allow for construction associated with a new track to test 7000-series 
railcars. Every other train will originate/terminate at College Park, rather 
than Greenbelt. Green Line trains will operate normally, at regular weekend 
intervals, between College Park and Branch Avenue. Customers traveling to or 
from Greenbelt Station only should allow about 10 minutes of additional 
travel time.

View news release:
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5368


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