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Metro, MARC and VRE have announced their schedules for the Christmas weekend, and if you’re Virginia-bound, you might want to get going early. Metrorail and MARC are working extra today, but VRE is on its “S” schedule, meaning fewer trains for tonight’s commuters. A brief rundown of the transit systems’ holiday schedules:

Metro:

• Today: Normal service with extra afternoon trains for early getaway
• Tomorrow: Normal Saturday service, Metrorail operating 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.
• Normal Sunday service, Metrorail operating 7 a.m. to midnight
• Monday: Holiday service, Metrorail operating 7 a.m. to midnight and buses on Sunday schedule.

MARC:

• Today: There will be additional trains at 2:40 p.m. on the Brunswick Line, 2 p.m. on the Camden Line and at 2:50 p.m. on the Penn Line. Some trains are not running, and certain trains departing Union Station at rush hour will delay their departure for holiday travelers.
• Monday: No service.

VRE:

• Today: All lines operating on the “S” schedule. Outbound trains on the Fredericksburg line at 3:55, 4:10, 5:15, 6:40 and 7 p.m.; and outbound trains on the Manassas line at 4:25, 5:30 and 6:50 p.m. are not running.
• Monday: No service.