What's Up With the Green Line: Weekend Track Work

The Green Line is slated for some serious work Veterans Day weekend, and the work starts Thursday night. North end stations—including Greenbelt, College Park, Prince George's Plaza and West Hyattsville—should have an easier time of it than stops closer to the southern end of the Green Line, where the work is focused—between L’Enfant and Southern Avenue stations.

Four stations will be closed: Waterfront, Navy Yard, Anacostia and Congress Heights. 

If you're hoping to use the southern end of the Green Line or transferring to the Red Line, delays might occur.

Green and Yellow Line – from 10 p.m., Thursday through closing on Sunday

• Buses will replace Green Line trains between L’Enfant Plaza and Southern Avenue stations to allow for NTSB-recommended switch replacement.
• Four stations will be closed: Waterfront, Navy Yard, Anacostia and Congress Heights.
• Green Line trains will operate in two sections—between Greenbelt and Huntington and between Branch Avenue and Southern Avenue.

Yes, you read right, Green Line trains will be running on the Yellow Line track. This means if you’re headed south on the Green Line and want to get off at L’Enfant Plaza to switch to the Green Line, just stay on board — you’ll get there.

• Free "local" shuttle bus service will operate between L’Enfant Plaza and Southern Avenue with stops at Waterfront, Navy Yard, Anacostia and Congress Heights.
• Free "express" shuttle bus service will operate between L’Enfant Plaza and Southern Avenue with an intermediate stop at Anacostia.
• These are the last trains that will make it through the stations designated for closure, as work will commence after these trains pass through:
       • Northbound: Departs from Branch Ave. at 9:25 pm, L’Enfant at 9:44 pm, arriving Greenbelt at 10:12 pm.
       • Southbound: Departs from Greenbelt at 9:11 pm, Southern Ave at 9:50 pm, arriving Branch Ave at 9:58 pm.
• The last train will depart Branch Avenue 20 minutes earlier than usual—at 11:04 p.m. on Thursday night, 2:04 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights and 11:04 p.m. on Sunday night.
• Metro recommends that customers using shuttle buses allow 30 minutes of additional travel time.
• Yellow Line trains will operate between Huntington and Greenbelt throughout the weekend.

That’s right. Yellow Line trains will be running on the Green Line track. So if you normally get off at Fort Totten to transfer to the Green Line, save yourself the trouble. You will not have to switch trains to make that happen.

Red Line

• Shady Grove and Rockville stations will close at 11 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, to allow for necessary signal system repairs.
• Free shuttle buses will operate between Shady Grove and Twinbrook with a stop at the Rockville.
• Metro recommends customers using shuttle buses allow about 15 minutes of additional travel time.
• The two effected stations will reopen for service at 7 a.m. Sunday, November 13.