Photo by dcJohn Metro has posted the weekend track maintenance for June, and the winners this month are the Orange, Red and Blue lines. Construction for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project continues on the Orange line for the first two weekends in June, while regular track maintenance will be performed on the Red line on the second and third weekends and on the Blue line during the last weekend of the month. Adjust your…

Photo by philliefan99 Greetings, fellow Metro riders, and welcome to yet another edition of Should You Even Bother Riding the Metro this Weekend? Based on the weekend track maintenance schedule WMATA has just released, our answer is likely “hell no.” Track work is going to affect each and every Metro line this weekend. Red Line: Tunnel repairs and other work replacing rail fasteners between Medical Center and Friendship Heights will add 30 minute delays…

Photo by southpaw20 WMATA released its July weekend track maintenance schedule earlier this week (there was no work scheduled for the 4th of July holiday weekend), and it’s a big ‘un. The combination of so many repair and maintenance projects with the ongoing Red Line crash investigation should make for slow going in many areas across the Metrorail system for the next several weekends. This weekend, the Red, Orange, Blue and Yellow lines will…

Photo by Sanjay Suchak Metro posted its track maintenance reminder this morning, and it looks like Orange and Red Line riders will bear the brunt of delays this weekend. Orange Line: Rail, crosstie and track support replacement work between the Stadium-Armory and Cheverly stations will create 30 minute delays on the Orange line this weekend. Additional bridge maintenance work on the aerial structure outside the Minnesota Avenue station will also contribute to delays. Trains…

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…

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…

Photo by Nivad What with all the special events and holidays of the last couple of months, Metro riders have had it relatively easy in terms of major weekend track work delays. That all ends in February, when Metro will begin a big track rehabilitation project at the Pentagon station during the President’s Day holiday weekend, along with other maintenance projects. Metro’s announcement can be found here. Bottom line info is below, but remember…