Photo by philliefan99. Morning Washington. It’s the holiday party season, and I’m sure many of you, along with me, are recovering from one of the many holiday parties on your calendar this month. >> Your weekend metro track maintenance is affecting the Red, Blue, and Orange lines. Metro will be working to repair the track switches at the Forest Glen station, a recommendation from the National Transportation Safety Board. Additionally, Metro will be installing…

Metro says it has lifted most of the speed restrictions that were put in place on the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Bethesda late last week. Inbound Red Line trains traveling in the direction of Glenmont are now back at normal speeds, up to 59 mph. Outbound trains traveling in the direction of Shady Grove, meanwhile, are operating at 35 to 40 mph between Friendship Heights and Bethesda. WMATA says it hopes to have…

A temporary 15 mph speed restriction is in place on the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Bethesda, WMATA has announced. The change is due to ongoing rail replacement work along that section of the tracks. The restriction has actually been in place since late last week, according to Metro, and the transit authority hopes to be able to lift them by the middle of this week. Previously scheduled weeknight and weekend track work between…

Photo by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie The standard spiel from WMATA for the past eight months has been that the switch to manual operation after the June 22 Red Line crash has been the source of nearly all rider woes since then. Jerky stops and starts? It’s the manual operation. Longer headways between trains? Related to manual operation. Overcrowded train cars when they do come? Metro is just less efficient in manual operation….

Photo by photographynatalia Make sure to note the weekend and weeknight Metro track maintenance schedules for the month of March, available from WMATA online. The weeknight picture continues to be a hodgepodge of delays — these sorts of advisories don’t appear to be going away any time soon. Look for continued Red Line delays Sunday through Thursday nights between Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore starting at 8 p.m.; Blue Line delays Sunday through Thursday nights…

Photo by Samer Farha Metro has unveiled its February weekend and weeknight track maintenance schedules, among them another holiday weekend closure of two Metro stations. The Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations will be closed for the entire Presidents’ Day weekend, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, through midnight on Monday, Feb. 15. The closures will allow Metro to perform a major track rehabilitation project at the Rosslyn station. Rosslyn is a major…

Photo by Sanjay Suchak There’s more track maintenance work planned on the Red Line this weekend, in that same section between Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore that has been a headache for a while now. WMATA wants to remind customers along this part of the Red Line to add at least 20 minutes to their travel time this weekend, starting at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, through to closing on Sunday, Jan. 31. In an…

Photo by philliefan99 WMATA has put out its latest weekend and weeknight track maintenance schedules, and it looks like there will be plenty of frustration to go around this month. Customers on the Red, Blue and Orange lines should make a point to read through all the details linked above, but the highlight is a major track rehabilitation project on the Red Line between White Flint and Medical Center, which will see related delays…

Photo by army.arch While we’re waiting for this evening’s Red Line delays to sort themselves out, let’s take a look at the December track maintenance schedules and see what planned delays are in store for us in the coming month. First, the good news: weekend track work will be cut back during the month of December. Where the last several months have seen 30-minute delays seemingly all weekend, every weekend on most every line,…

Photo by technotheory WMATA put out its November track work advisories today, and it looks like Metrorail riders on most lines are in for more of the weeknight delays that made October such a joy, not to mention plenty of weekend work to contend with. A brief outline of what to expect this month is below, but see the two advisories for full details. Riders on the Red, Blue, and Yellow lines should plan…