Photo by Ghost BearWMATA released its October weekend track maintenance schedule on Monday, which details the Columbus Day Weekend closures of the Waterfront-SEU, Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter and L’Enfant Plaza stations on the Yellow and Green lines they had previously warned us about, in addition to myriad other work that will affect the Red and Orange Lines during three other weekends throughout the month. It’ll be a busy month for weekend track work, but considering the average month, par for the course.
But wait! Today, Metro additionally announced a new and even more exciting feature into our lives: evening track maintenance during the week. Yes. On every single line. From 9:30 p.m. until closing, Sundays through Thursdays throughout the month, with some exceptions and variations, depending on the line.
The schedule is complicated and most of the weeknight work will involve single-tracking trains while crews replace rail fasteners, but Metro is being pretty blunt about warning customers to just be prepared for the possibility of 30 minute delays on every single line after 9:30 p.m., starting this Sunday clear through until November. Check the details of what’s in store for your Metro line here.
