Metro to Completely Shut Red Line Between Shady Grove and Grosvenor-Strathmore August 13-14

For Immediate Release: Monday, August 8, 2016

 Metro’s seventh SafeTrack surge, which gets underway tomorrow, August 9, will be expanded to include a weekend line segment shutdown to accommodate additional repairs identified during special supervisory inspections ordered by General Manager/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld following last month's derailment.

 

Surge #7 will include around-the-clock single tracking between Shady Grove and Twinbrook on weekdays through August 18, 2016. In addition, the work zone will be extended the weekend of August 13-14, to include a line segment shutdown between Shady Grove and Grosvenor-Strathmore with free shuttle buses replacing trains. 

Montgomery County's Ride On bus system will assist by providing 10 buses that Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to supplement WMATA's bus bridge.

 

View news release: http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=6149

 

Release ID: 16-173
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7155