Weekend Track Maintenance and Rail Car Testing to Affect Metro's Red, Orange and Gree

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Weekend Track Maintenance and Rail Car Testing to Affect Metro's Red, Orange and Green Lines

 

Track maintenance and rail car testing on the Red, Orange and Green lines this weekend (August 3, 4 and 5) will cause inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track.

 

Red Line Track Maintenance

 

Metrorail customers traveling between the Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center Metrorail stations should add up to 15 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, August 4, and Sunday, August 5.

 

Orange Line Track Maintenance

 

Metrorail customers traveling between the Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail stations should add up to 30 minutes of travel time for their trips because of track maintenance. Inbound and outbound trains between these locations will share one track from 10 p.m., Friday, August 3, to midnight, Sunday, August 5. To help expedite rail travel into downtown Washington, every other Orange Line train will terminate at the West Falls Church-VT/UVA Metrorail station and return to the New Carrollton Metrorail station.

 

Green Line Rail Car Testing

 

Metrorail customers traveling on the Green Line should add 10 to15 minutes of travel time for their trips because of new railcar testing. Inbound and outbound trains operating between the Greenbelt and College Park Metrorail stations will share one track while new trains are tested from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 4.

[Pablo M 201 35]

Damn, I wish I was down in MD to get pics of that test train on the Green Line. Luckily, my crash pad in MD is close to a Green line station. now if only I wasn't working. B)

[Harry 1,088]

Any info or pics on the new railcar?

[Pablo M 201 35]

Any info or pics on the new railcar?

Heres a link to Oren's transit page about the new cars.

 

http://www.orenstransitpage.com/otpdccars/dcalstoms.htm

[Eastman346 0]

Their stations look very nice. I like them a lot. The subway trains look good also. you can tell by the sound there are built by alstom.

[NJTransitFan 0]

Nice looking subway they have.