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It’s time for your weekly warnings of Metro track work, and if you’re a Blue Line user, consider yourself lucky. According to WMATA, every line but the Blue will be undergoing some sort of work from 10 p.m. tonight until the system closes on Sunday.

On the Orange Line, shuttle buses will replace train service between East Falls Church and West Falls Church. On the Red Line, expect single-tracking between Van Ness and Friendship Heights and between New York Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue. On the Green Line, things will be slow-going between Naylor Road and Branch Avenue and L’Enfant Plaza and Mt. Vernon Square. The Yellow Line is a little more complicated:

On Friday evening, after 10 p.m., Yellow Line trains will operate every 26 minutes between Fort Totten and Huntington. Customers should allow 15-20 minutes of additional travel time. On Saturday and Sunday, all Yellow Line trains will operate via the Blue Line between Huntington and Stadium-Armory on a regular weekend schedule. Customers should allow 15 minutes of additional travel time between L’Enfant Plaza and Pentagon stations. At L’Enfant Plaza, all Yellow Line trains will depart from the Lower Level.

All of this work is part of Metro’s $5 billion capital improvement program. In short, it might be annoying now, but it would be way more annoying in the future if this stuff didn’t get done now.