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You may still be figuring out where you’ll be spending Independence Day, but WMATA has its plans for the Fourth all set. There’s no real surprises: since Independence Day falls on a Sunday this year, Metrorail will be operating under a “special” Sunday schedule, running trains between 7 a.m. and midnight. Metrobus routes will operate on a regular Sunday schedule on July 4th. Parking at all transit authority lots will be free and reduced fares will be in effect all day. Because of the large crowds, bicycles will not be allowed on Metrorail.

On Monday, July 5th, with many people having the day off from work for the observed holiday, Metrorail and Metrobus will both operate on regular Sunday schedules.

Many suburban transit operators will be running limited or no service on both days — WMATA provides a handy table with an exhaustive list of agencies and service plans if you rely on options like MARC or VRE to get you to where you’re going.

MORE: Details on that “special” schedule on Metrorail for July 4: service will “operate near rush-hour level service” between 6 p.m. and midnight on Independence Day. The Smithsonian station will be closed for most of the day, but will reopen after the fireworks display — which is scheduled to begin at 9:10 p.m. — concludes.

Oh, and it’ll be really busy. (Duh.) With the Nationals playing a Sunday matinee on the Fourth, WMATA is expecting between 500,000 and 600,000 trips over the course of the day, which frankly seems like a fairly conservative estimate. Says Acting Deputy General Manager and Chief Operating Officer Dave Kubicek: “People should expect to be waiting in long lines to get back into Metro stations after the fireworks, perhaps for an hour or more.”