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Greetings, fellow Metro riders, and welcome to yet another edition of Should You Even Bother Riding the Metro this Weekend? Based on the weekend track maintenance schedule WMATA has just released, our answer is likely “hell no.” Track work is going to affect each and every Metro line this weekend.

Red Line: Tunnel repairs and other work replacing rail fasteners between Medical Center and Friendship Heights will add 30 minute delays while trains share one track between those two stations from 10 p.m. on Friday, July 31, to closing (midnight), on Sunday, August 2.

And every other Red Line train traveling in the direction of Shady Grove will terminate at Friendship Heights and return to Glenmont on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Red Line trains will operate only every 20 minutes between Shady Grove and Medical Center.

Blue and Orange Lines: Bridge maintenance on the aerial structure outside the Stadium-Armory station will lead to 30 minute delays while trains share a single track between Eastern Market and Stadium-Armory from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2.

Green and Yellow Lines: Rail replacement work between Georgia Ave-Petworth and U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo will cause 30 minute delays while trains share one track between those two locations starting from 8 p.m., Friday, July 31, and lasting to 6 p.m., on Sunday, August 2.

During the rail work, all Yellow Line trains will operate only every 12 to 14 minutes, and only between Huntington and Mt. Vernon Sq-7th St Convention Center. No Yellow Line trains will extend to Fort Totten this weekend.

Blue and Yellow Lines: Work to tamp down rail tacks between Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street (Blue Line) and Huntington (Yellow Line) will cause delays of up to 30 minutes between these locations from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, August 1, and Sunday, August 2.

Blue Line trains will operate only every 12 to 15 minutes, split into two sections: between Franconia-Springfield and King Street, and between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Largo Town Center. Blue line trains will not service the Braddock Road station on Saturday and Sunday.

Motorists who park at Franconia-Springfield or Van Dorn Street should consider parking outside the Huntington station instead.