What's Up With the Green Line: Weekend of Oct. 7-10

Green Line

What's up with the Green Line? Major track work will be underway over the three-day Columbus Day weekend for both the green and yellow lines.

Shaw, U Street and Columbia Heights stations will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday through Metro opening on Tuesday, as Metro installs new track switches outside U Street station.

Shuttle buses will operate between Mt. Vernon Square and Georgia Avenue stations, making stops outside each of the closed Metrorail stations.

Green Line trains will operate in two sections — between Greenbelt and Georgia Avenue and between Branch Avenue and Mt. Vernon Square.

Metro suggests that customers on the north end of the Green Line consider travelling by Red Line between Fort Totten and downtown to avoid the work zone.  Metro states the Red Line service will operate normally throughout the weekend.

Please note, the last train will depart Greenbelt 30 minutes earlier than usual — at 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, as well as at 11 p.m. on Sunday and Monday nights.

Work on the Green Line will affect portions of the Yellow Line that share the same routes and stations.

Orange Line

Green Line patrons transferring to the Orange Line, should be aware of the following work zones.

From 10 p.m. Friday through closing on Monday, buses will replace trains between East Falls Church and West Falls Church, as work continues on the Dulles rail extension. The stations themselves, however, will remain open for transfers between trains and buses.

In addition, free shuttle buses will operate between East Falls Church and West Falls Church stations.

Trains will be single tracking it between Vienna and West Falls Church stations as Metro replaces cross ties and insulators.

The last train will depart Vienna 17 minutes earlier than usual — at 2:08 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights — and at 11:08 p.m. on Sunday and Monday.

On October 9, the day of the Army 10-Miller, Metrorail will open one hour early at 6 a.m. Shuttle bus service is also scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. Metro recommends that Orange Line customers consider traveling from East Falls Church or stations east to avoid added travel time related to shuttle bus operations.

Red and Blue Lines

Metro has announced no weekend work on the Red and Blue Lines.