MCDOT Helping Inform Public About Two Red Line Metrorail Station Closures That Will Close from Saturday, July 21 to Monday, September 3: Closures to Extend to Takoma Station on July 28 and 29

For Immediate Release: Friday, July 20, 2018

Metro track work will require the closure of two Metrorail stations - Rhode Island Ave and Brookland stations - from Saturday, July 21 through Monday, September 3. There will be no Red Line service between the Fort Totten and NoMa-Gallaudet U stations. In addition, on July 28 and 29 only, the Takoma Station will also be closed. Read more.

 

MCDOT is helping to publicize the closures by distributing paper or email brochures at selected Metro stations, the Wheaton Regional Services Center, the Mobile Commuter Store and Silver Spring TRiPS Commuter Store and 90 businesses and apartment complexes in the Wheaton and Glenmont areas.

 

MCDOT is also selling MARC Train tickets at the Silver Spring TRiPs Store and Mobile Commuter Store.  

 

The Mobile Commuter Store will focus its visits on the eastern portion of the County that is expected to be most impacted by the closure.

 

Interested businesses are encouraged to take advantage of MCDOT’s Quick Start Telework Program that offers training materials and policy recommendations for use by employers looking to implement telework on a short-term basis.

 

 

Release ID: 18-138
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7170