Photo by Jim Havard
This weekend, half of Metrorail’s lines will experience delays due to scheduled maintenance.
The Red Line, impacted by Safetrack’s sixth surge, will run every 8 to 15 minutes. The Blue and Silver Lines will be single tracking for maintenance work, and operating every 24 minutes. Meanwhile, relief comes on the Orange, Yellow, and Green Lines, which will run on a regular weekend service schedule.
The sixth surge hit the eastern portion of the Red Line on Monday. It means continuous single tracking between Takoma and Silver Spring, causing residual effects through NoMa and less pronounced delays on much of the rest of the line. It ends August 7. Delays will come to the western end of the Red Line on August 9, with single tracking between Shady Grove and Twinbrook until August 18, in the seventh surge.
Red Line
Trains every 8-15 minutes
SafeTrack Surge #6 continuous single tracking between Takoma and Silver Spring through August 7.
Red Line trains will operate:
- Between Shady Grove & Glenmont every 15 minutes.
- Between Shady Grove & NoMa-Gallaudet every 8-10 minutes from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Orange Line
Regular weekend service
Silver Line
Trains every 24 minutes | 7:00 a.m. Saturday through closing Sunday
Single tracking Stadium-Armory to Addison Road to allow for radio cable installation, rail, fastener and stud renewal.
Blue Line
Trains every 24 minutes | 7:00 a.m. Saturday through closing Sunday
Single tracking Stadium-Armory to Addison Road to allow for radio cable installation, rail, fastener and stud renewal.
Yellow Line
Regular weekend service
Green Line
Regular weekend service
