Metro Center on the day after WMATA reduced the trains by 60 percent in Oct. 2021, after the infamou Blue Line train derailment that sidelined the 7000 trains.

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Metro will bump up train frequency during peak commute times on the Red, Blue, Silver Green, and Yellow lines, the agency announced Thursday.

Starting on Monday, Sept. 11, during peak hours (roughly 7 a.m. to 9 a.m, and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.) Red Line trains will be running every five minutes. Green and Yellow line trains will be running every six minutes, and Blue and Silver line trains will be running every 10 minutes. Orange Line trains will continue to operate every 10 minutes all day, and every 15 minutes after 9:30 p.m.

As of this summer, the agency says it began running more train service than ever in its 47-year history — though much of that was concentrated in off-peak hours to reflect the changing ways that riders used Metro in a post-pandemic world. The latest changes reflect a recent bump in ridership during commute times, per a Metro release.

However, ridership still struggles to reach pre-pandemic levels, and the agency is carefully monitoring numbers to assess whether it will need to readjust service in the future. Monday’s increase will mark a six percent trip increase from current service levels and a 60% increase in daily trips from this time last year, according to the transit agency. It’s the eleventh service increase since last summer, per Metro.

“This service increase is another win for our customers and a testament to Metro staff who have worked hard to restore safe, frequent service,” Metro General Manager Randy Clarke said in a statement. “We have great service levels available, and we hope that our region and customers use the system, and we see ridership continue to grow.”

With the increase, wait times for usually bustling line segments, like the Yellow and Green lines between L’Enfant and Mount Vernon Square, and Blue, Orange, and Silver lines between Rosslyn and Stadium-Armory, should be arriving every three minutes.

See a breakdown of new timetables below.