After months of preparation and planning, summer construction will begin on the Red Line June 1. Five stations – Glenmont, Wheaton, Forest Glen, Silver Spring, and Takoma – will be closed and with less than two weeks to go customers are encouraged to plan their travel alternatives.
This weekend, May 18-19, Metro will close the Brookland-CUA Station, with no Red Line service at Fort Totten. Free shuttle buses will connect the closed stations between Takoma and Rhode […]
The Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MDOT) has released a list of travel alternatives for residents who will be affected by this summer’s Metro Red Line closure.
On May 10, Metro is officially retiring its 2000-series trains. The trains, introduced in the early 1980s, are past their useful life. Metro trains are built to last generally around […]
This weekend, May 11 – 12, the Morgan Boulevard and Downtown Largo stations will be closed on the Blue and Silver lines for weekend construction. Free shuttle buses will replace trains to/from the closed stations connecting to the Metrorail system at Addison Road. Additional maintenance is also scheduled on the Red and Green lines with trains single tracking through the work zones. More weekend updates below:
This weekend, May 4 and May 5, two stations on the Blue and Silver lines will be closed for improvements. Free shuttle buses will replace trains at Downtown Largo and […]
During a joint Boards of Directors meeting hosted by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro), officials from the two organizations announced a historic regional planning initiative called DMVMoves, Moving our region forward, together, which will set the vision for comprehensive regional transit planning in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
Soon, fewer Metro customers will need to “see a station manager” when they get an error message while trying to tap in or out of a Metrorail station. Instead of […]
With unanimous Board support, Michelle A. Zamarin was formally appointed Metro’s new Inspector General today. She will serve a three-year term. Ms. Zamarin will be sworn in at a special Board of Directors meeting in June and will join the Metro team on June 17, 2024.
On Thursday, Metro’s Board of Directors approved a $4.8 billion capital and operating budget which largely maintains bus and rail service levels when the new budget year begins on July 1.