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Friday, March 1, 2013

No Scheduled Work on Green Line, Other Lines Will Be Affected

Three stations will be closed on the Red Line and Reagan National Airport Station closed on the Yellow Line.

If you're planning on traveling along the Green Line this weekend from Greenbelt through Prince George's County and Washington DC, well you're in luck. The Washington Metropolitian Area Transit Authority has not scheduled any work along the Green Line, however WMATA has scheduled work on every other Metro rail line. Several stations will be closed along the Red Line including—Rhode Island Ave, Brookland and Fort Totten. Shuttle buses will also run between Takoma and NoMa-Gallaudet. The Reagan National Airport station will also be closed along the Yellow Line. However the Metro rail will be single tracking in other parts of Prince George's County like on the Orange Line between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly to allow for platform …

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Intensive Metro Track Work Could Last Four More Years

Metro riders won't see a break in weekend track work delays anytime soon, The Washington Examiner reports.

  Intensive track work on the Metrorail system could last four more years, The Washington Examiner reports. Metro is working to complete an "extensive backlog" of work, said Metro General Manager Richard Sarles, according to the report. "In looking at the forecast of work we have to do to just get us back to where we were 10 years ago, it will take us about another four more years of that intense work," Sarles said Monday on the Kojo Nnamdi radio show on WAMU, The Examiner reported. The track work often leads to delays during off-peak periods as Metro single-tracks trains through work zones and occasionally closes stations on weekends. Read the full story at The Washington Examiner.

jag

11:01 am on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Aaaaaaaaaaand this is why one should never put off maintenance for years and years at a time. Way to go fed and local govs for not properly funding the system.   more ›

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