Photo by Nathan Castellanos.

The Metro Board approved a two-year service cut to late night train service today.

That means that, come July 2017, Metrorail’s operating hours will be:

Monday—Thursday: 5 a.m. through 11:30 p.m.

Friday: 5 a.m. through 1 a.m.

Saturday: 7 a.m. through 1 a.m.

Sunday: 8 a.m. through 11 p.m.

While late-night service has been on hold during the year-long SafeTrack maintenance program, Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld broached the idea of keeping the system closed for an additional eight hours on a more permanent basis.

The idea is that maintenance workers need more time to perform work on the system. “The additional track time increases safety and reliability by giving workers the time and space they need to keep Metro’s infrastructure in a state of good repair,” WMATA said in a release back in July.

Metro provided four different ways to get those additional hours in September. At the November board meeting, WMATA selected the proposal that was approved today.

However, the idea has faced significant pushback. The two D.C. representatives on the board—Board Chair Jack Evans and Corbett Price—threatened a jurisdictional veto if the cuts extended longer than one year.

Ultimately, the two got on board after the plan was amended to include a required progress report from Metro on its maintenance work in May 2018, The Washington Post reports.

The cuts will impact workers who rely on the system for transportation and businesses who have already said they’re impacted by SafeTrack’s trimmed hours of operation.

A resolution passed at the D.C. Council in October declares late-night service a key to the region’s economic and safety needs. In late November, though, D.C. officials indicated they would support cuts on a more temporary basis.

Should Metro want to continue the service cuts after they expire at the end of June 2019, it will need further approval from the board.

Those hankering for late-night service can get a temporary fix on New Year’s Eve, when Metro will be operating until 3 a.m.

This post will be updated.