(Photo by Thomas Hawk)

By now, you probably already know that two stations on the Red Line are closed for extensive repair work until September 3. Plan your weekend travels around the shuttered Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood and Brookland stations—Metro will provide shuttle buses, but the transit agency recommends using alternative routes whenever possible.

Unfortunately, that’s not the only hitch in Metro service this weekend. Blue Line trains will be running every 20 minutes and single tracking between National Airport and Braddock Road to accommodate rail fastener work. Yellow Line trains will also run every 20 minutes, and they’ll stop at Mount Vernon Square.

Thankfully, the Orange, Silver, and Green lines will all run regular weekend service.

More from Metro below:

Red Line

Buses replace trains between NoMa-Gallaudet and Fort Totten

Red Line trains operate:

Between Shady Grove and NoMa-Gallaudet every 8 minutes 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Between Fort Totten and Glenmont every 10 minutes 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
After 9:00 p.m. trains on both segments of the Red Line operate every 15 minutes.
Stations closed: Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood and Brookland

Alternate travel options:

Free shuttle buses will operate between NoMa-Gallaudet, Rhode Island Ave, Brookland and Fort Totten. Please allow 10 minutes of travel time for each station stop.

MetroExtra Route G9 (Metrobus) operates during all hours of rail service providing a connection between Rhode Island Ave and Downtown DC/Gallery Place-Chinatown Metrorail station.

Customers traveling to Glenmont from NoMa-Gallaudet, Union Station and Judiciary Sq are strongly encouraged to ride a Shady Grove train to Gallery Place, then use the Green Line to connect back to the Red Line at Fort Totten.

Work performed: Major structural repair work, including rebuilding of deteriorated platforms to improve ADA accessibility, at Rhode Island Ave; rail and fastener renewal in other parts of the shutdown area

To allow for shuttle bus and last train connections, the last inbound (Fort Totten-bound) train will depart stations between Glenmont and Takoma 30 minutes earlier than usual.

Red Line major improvement project information

Orange Line

Regular weekend service

Silver Line

Regular weekend service

Blue Line

Trains every 20 minutes

Single tracking between Reagan National Airport and Braddock Road to allow for rail fastener renewal and joint elimination for a smoother ride.

Yellow Line

Trains every 20 minutes between Huntington and Mt Vernon Sq only

Single tracking between Reagan National Airport and Braddock Road to allow for rail fastener renewal and joint elimination for a smoother ride.

Yellow Line trains will operate between Huntington and Mt Vernon Sq only. Customers traveling to/from stations north of Mt Vernon Sq should use the Green Line to complete their trip.

Green Line

Regular weekend service