What's Up With the Metro: Labor Day Weekend 2012

Taking the Metro to get around this weekend? Here’s what to expect.

According to the Metro website:

A previously scheduled shutdown on the Green and Yellow over Labor Day weekend has been canceled due to Nationals home games at Navy Yard.  Green and Yellow line service will operate on a regular weekend schedule.

Red Line trains will single track between Rhode Island Avenue and Fort Totten to allow for platform reconstruction.  Throughout the weekend, Red Line trains will operate between Shady Grove and Glenmont every 15 minutes in each direction. On Saturday and Sunday, between 9:30 a.m. and 9 p.m., additional trains will operate between Shady Grove and NoMa-Gallaudet U stations, providing service an average of every 7-8 minutes between these stations.  Red Line customers traveling through the work zone should allow about 10 minutes of additional travel time.  

Orange Line trains will single track between between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly to allow for platform reconstruction.  Throughout the weekend, Orange Line trains will operate every 20 minutes in each direction. Customers should allow 10 minutes of additional time. 

Blue Line trains will single track between Arlington Cemetery and Foggy Bottom stations to allow for structural rehabilitation of the track bed and leak mitigation.  Throughout the weekend, Blue Line trains will operate every 20 minutes in each direction.  Customers should allow 10 minutes of additional time.

Metrorail System Hours of Operation

• Friday, August 31 - 5 a.m. until 3 a.m. 
• Saturday, September 1 - 7 a.m. until 3 a.m.
• Sunday, September 2 - 7 a.m. until midnight
• Monday, September 3 (Labor Day) - 7 a.m. until midnight