What you need to know about Metro from Feb. 2 to 3
Planning on catching the Metro to get around this weekend? Here’s what to expect. Super Bowl Partiers Take Note: Scheduled work this weekend on the Green and Yellow lines begins at 10 p.m. Sunday. According to a Metro news release (All work in place until system closing Sunday unless otherwise noted): Orange Line Red Line Blue Line Green/Yellow Lines (Late Sunday Night Only)
A look at what you need to know about the Metro this weekend.
Taking the Metro to get around this weekend? Here’s what to expect. Hopefully you took advantage of the slight repreive last weekend, because there will be track work on every line this weekend, according to Metro's website: Red Line Red Line trains will single track between NoMa-Gallaudet U and Fort Totten stations to allow for platform reconstruction, tie and fastener renewal and DDOT bridge work. Throughout the weekend, Red Line trains will operate every 20 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont. Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, additional trains will operate between Shady Grove and NoMa-Gallaudet U stations, resulting in service about every 10 minutes between those stations. Customers traveling on the eastern side of…
Gleb Taran
4:39 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
I rode the Metro on Saturday from Union Station to Vienna. This is a distance of about 18 miles. The trip took 2 hours. This is not an isolated incident, but a regular occrence. These people do not know how to run a railroad. They perform like they have never run a railroad. What Metro has devolved into is a massive retirement program for a few people who unfortunately happen to be responsible … more ›