Major Work to Begin on Metro's Red Line
SafeTrack Safety Surge 10 Begins October 29
This Saturday, October 29, a segment of Metrorail's Red Line will be closed for maintenance work as part of WMATA's SafeTrack initiative.
Trains will run from Shady Grove to NoMa-Gallaudet every six minutes during rush hour, and from Fort Totten to Glenmont every 10 minutes during rush hour. The Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland-CUA Stations will be closed until November 22. This
video will help you understand exactly what stations will be impacted during this time.
The Green Line is an alternative option from Gallery Place to Fort Totten.
Metrobus will be running a free shuttle service between the Fort Totten, Brookland-CUA, Rhode Island Avenue, and NoMa-Gallaudet stations.
Ride On will be operating free shuttles between the Silver Spring, Tacoma, and Fort Totten stations every 10 minutes during the weekday rush hours.
Metrobus Routes
80,
P6, and
L2 will operate additional weekday rush hour services, and
Metrobus Route
S9 will provide additional weekday midday and rush hour service.
Customers are advised to avoid travel on the Red and Green Lines during rush hour if at all possible due trains being more crowded than usual.
Click here to learn more about what Montgomery County is doing to counteract the effects of the Red Line shutdown.
Click here to get the latest news from WMATA on the Red Line SafeTrack Surge.
Elevator Outage at Medical Center Station
On the other end of the Red Line, crews will be working on the elevator at the Medical Center Station starting on Thursday, October 27, thus taking the elevator out of service through March 2017.
WMATA will be providing shuttle bus service upon request by asking any Station Manager or by calling (202) 962-1825. Customers should also consider taking Metrobus routes
J2 or
J3 to travel between Medical Center and Bethesda.
Click here to read WMATA's Service Advisory about this project.