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Woo, Inauguration Eve par-tay! Metro announced this afternoon that it will stay open until 2 a.m. on January 19 as well as January 20. Given the number of people who are expected to spend the night inside the District on Monday in order to avoid dealing with bridge and road closures, the night before the 56th Presidential Inauguration is now shaping up to be quite the party night. Metro will open at 5 a.m. on Monday, January 19, and close at 2 a.m. on the eve of the Inauguration. It will open again at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20 and close at 2 a.m. the following morning on Inauguration Day. Late-night service (between midnight and 2 a.m. both days) on all Red Line trains will operate 15 minutes apart, and all Blue, Orange, Yellow and Green Line trains will operate 20 minutes apart.