Metro today announced that Metrobus will return to regular weekday service on Monday, February 7. Metrobus has been operating on a modified Saturday schedule, offering approximately 75 percent of normal weekday service, since January 10 due to covid-related staffing shortages.
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”Shady Grove and Rockville stations have reopened!” proclaimed Metro in a recent post on its website and social media.
Per Metro, “Here is everything you need to know about service at the reopened stations and fun facts about the project.”
Metro to focus on root cause analysis and technology solutions prior to return of 7000-series railcars
Metro General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Paul J. Wiedefeld said last week that he will not resume the placement of 7000-series trains into passenger service for about 90 days to allow Metro engineering and mechanical experts time to focus on root cause analysis and acquire technology to measure 7000-series wheelsets.
Beginning January 10, 2022, due to the growing absenteeism rates across service areas related to COVID illness and exposures, Metrobus will run on a Saturday Supplemental schedule during the weekdays (Monday through Friday), until further notice.
Pet WMATA:
Friday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) Metrorail will operate 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m, opening two hours later than a normal weekday. Time of last train varies by station. […]
Per the City of Rockville:
Metro’s Rockville and Shady Grove stations will reopen Sunday, Jan. 16 after a four-month shutdown to repair and replace the stations’ aging canopies, Metro announced.
Per WMATA:
On Thursday, December 23, Metro’s General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Paul J. Wiedefeld paused the return of additional 7000-series railcars to passenger service, ordering a new regime of daily 7000-series inspections.
Advisory Effective: 10/18/21 – 12/31/21
Pet Metro:
Per WMATA/Metro:
In addition, Metro teams are using the shutdown to perform track repairs that will improve service reliability and install more than 7.3 miles of fiber optic cable to enhance radio communications. Without the station closures, these upgrades alone would have required nine months of weekend shutdowns and overnight work.
12/9/21 Update: Metro has unanimously approved changing the White Flint Metro Station name to “North Bethesda.”
Metro’s board of directors will vote Thursday, December 9, on a proposal to rename the White Flint Metro station “North Bethesda,” per Friends of White Flint.