Photo by Bullneck Metro today reminds us about this coming weekend’s scheduled track maintenance and resulting delays. Orange/Blue Lines: Bridge maintenance on the aerial structure outside the Stadium-Armory station will lead to delays of 30 minutes on the Orange and Blue lines. Trains will share the same track between Eastern Market and Stadium-Armory from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26. Red Line: Ongoing rail and crosstie replacement…
Apr 16, 2009
Track Maintenance Returns to Metro This Weekend
Photo by EdV_Photo You got two full weekends off thanks to the tourists, but now Metro has to start doing its regular weekend track maintenance routine again. WMATA sent out a reminder today that service on the Red and Orange lines will be affected by track work this weekend. Red Line: Switch replacement work will go on through the Brentwood rail yards this weekend, causing 30 minute delays while trains single track between the…
Jan 20, 2009
L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station, 8:25 a.m.
Tipster Mark Alves reports he’s been waiting for 30 minutes to exit the Metro Station at L’Enfant Plaza. That makes all three main Metro stations south of the National Mall that we’ve heard are virtually non-functioning. At this point, we would recommend not attempting to board Metro at any point….
Jan 13, 2009
Two More Metro Stations to Close on Inauguration Day
You already knew that the Secret Service had ordered the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter and the Smithsonian Metro stations to be closed on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20, for security reasons. Now comes word that two additional stations, Judiciary Square and Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St Convention Center, will also close for part of the day due to their proximity to locations hosting Inaugural Balls. The Mt. Vernon Sq/7th St Convention Center station on the Green/Yellow…