If you’re heading out of the office to hop on the Green line at this very moment, may we suggest a bus? An unidentified man was struck by a train at 4:40 p.m. at the Fort Totten station and Metro put out the word to expect major delays. From WMATA: (Green line) trains are single-tracking through the area, taking turns headed in both directions between West Hyattsville and Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail stations. Shuttle buses have…
From WMATA’s email alert system: From: borep-request@lists-wmata.com [mailto:borep-request@lists-wmata.com] On Behalf Of METRO Alerts Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:41 PM To: METRO Alerts Subject: Metrorail eAlert on the Blue-Orange Lines A 1632-minute delay is in effect at Stadium-Armory in the direction of Vienna/Fairfax-GMU. That’ll be one miserable 27-hour wait….
WMATA Plans Extra Rail Service for Saturday. There will be extra trains available before and after Saturday’s Wizards and Nationals games, WMATA has announced. Expect crowding in the evening because the Nats play at 7:05 p.m., with the Wizards playing at the MCI Center an hour later. And for the first time, WMATA will run shuttle buses from RFK (at Lot. No. 3) to Union Station following a Nats game … but only as…
WMATA: Stay Tuned! Skip-Stop Service May Be on Horizon.Say whaa? Could some sort of express service be coming to metrorail? According to WMATA’s “Straight Scoop” — where the transit agency seeks to correct or clarify media accounts related to WMATA — we learn that D.C. may be looking to New York’s J and Z trains for inspiration to possibly introduce some sort of express service. From WMATA:While it may be a challenge to operate express…
We were still asleep this morning and didn’t realize there were major delays on the Red Line until 7:30 a.m. WMATA has posted a release about the discovery and repair of a section of “defective” tracks between the Friendship Heights and Bethesda stations. From WMATA: A Metro contractor who conducts specialized track inspections while the Metrorail system is closed to customers, identified the problem with a stretch of track between the Bethesda and Friendship Heights…
A quick warning … When the new metrorail station opens on the Red Line on Saturday, there could be delays, WMATA reports. It will take some time for train schedules to readjust to accommodate the new stop at the New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University station between Union Station and the Rhode Island Avenue station. Though we think this might be an error in WMATA’s detailed press release on the NewYoFla opening, it appears that the…