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Medical Center and Bethesda stations will be closed on Metrorail this weekend as crews work on rail tie renewal, joint elimination, and leak mitigation projects.

Metro advises Red Line passengers to add 10 minutes of travel time to their commutes and catch free shuttle buses between Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Medical Center, and Grosvenor-Strathmore stations.

Meanwhile, Orange and Blue Line trains will run every 24 minutes this weekend as crews work on joint elimination, fastener and cover board renewal, and communication cable installation projects that will cause single-tracking on both lines.

Silver Line trains will also run every 24 minutes to coordinate with the maintenance work on the Orange and Blue Lines.

There’s no scheduled maintenance work or delays on the Green or Yellow Lines.

Red Line

Buses replace trains between Friendship Heights and Grosvenor. | 7:00 a.m. Saturday through closing Sunday

Red Line trains will operate at regular weekend intervals between Shady Grove & Grosvenor and between Friendship Heights & Glenmont. Additional trains will operate between Silver Spring & Farragut North between 9:00 a.m. & 9:00 p.m.

Free shuttle buses will operate between Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore. Please allow 10 minutes of travel time for each station stop.

Stations closed: Medical Center and Bethesda.

To allow for shuttle bus connections, the last trains will depart:

Shady Grove at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, 9:45 p.m. Sunday and Monday, 40 minutes earlier than normal.

Glenmont at 12:33 a.m. Saturday, and 10:33 p.m. Sunday and Monday, regular time.
Work performed: Rail tie renewal, joint elimination and leak mitigation.

Tap your SmarTrip card each time you enter and exit the Metrorail system. Riders traveling through the work zone will be charged for a single, continuous trip.

Orange Line

Trains every 24 minutes | 7:00 a.m. Saturday through closing Sunday

Single tracking between Foggy Bottom & Clarendon to allow for joint elimination, rail, fastener and cover board renewal and communication cable installation.

Silver Line

Trains every 24 minutes to coordinate with maintenance on Orange & Blue lines

Silver Line trains will operate between Wiehle-Reston East and Ballston only to coordinate with work on the Orange and Blue lines. Customers traveling to/from other stations should use Orange and Blue line trains to complete their trip. At Ballston, transfer between Silver and Orange Line trains on the same platform.

Blue Line

Trains every 24 minutes | 7:00 a.m. Saturday through closing Sunday

Single tracking between Foggy Bottom & Arlington Cemetery to allow for joint elimination, rail, fastener and cover board renewal and communication cable installation.

Yellow Line

Regular weekend service

Green Line

Regular weekend service