Like a lot of people, I wasn’t able to land Opening Day tickets at Nationals Park, so I went ahead and purchased a pair for tonight’s second regular season home game, a 7:10 p.m. matchup against the Florida Marlins. Tickets at various price levels are still available, in fact.

Unlike Opening Day, which was on a Sunday evening, tonight’s game will be the first time we’ll be able to see how Metro handles combining a regular weekday rush hour with increased ballpark traffic. WMATA wants customers to be aware of tonight’s potential fubar-iness, which will be especially pronounced at the Gallery Place-Chinatown and L’Enfant Plaza stations, where riders transferring from Red, Orange and Blue lines to the Green will crowd platforms even more than usual during peak hours.

Metro says it will have additional station managers, rail supervisors, and Transit Police at the Gallery Place-Chinatown, L’Enfant Plaza and Navy Yard stations to assist customers with service questions, and how to get to and from the ballpark. Those going to the game are asked to remember to spread out along the platform to board six-and eight-car trains, and to use both exits at the Navy Yard station. Those not attending tonight’s game will want to avoid using either Gallery Place (consider walking to either Metro Center or Mt. Vernon Square to enter) or L’Enfant Plaza (walk to Archives or Federal Center SW). Or better yet, figure out an alternate bus option.

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