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February 2010

• All Metrorail stations now open
• More than 300 Metrobuses operating as of 11 a.m. Tuesday
• Limited Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess service expected Tuesday
• Metro postpones weekend track work, emergency response exercises
• Underground-only Metrorail and limited Metrobus service on Monday
• Limited Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess service expected Tuesday morning
• Underground-only Metrorail and limited Metrobus service expected Monday
• No above ground rail service, Metrobus or MetroAccess service on Sunday, Feb. 7
• Metrorail to close at 11 p.m. Saturday
• Metrorail to continue underground-only service on Saturday
• Metrorail to halt above-ground service at 11 p.m.--40 stations to close; Metrobus service also to stop at 9 p.m. Friday
• Metro to suspend bus service at 9 p.m. and above-ground rail service at 11 p.m.
• Metro service during the storm 7 p.m. update
• Metro service during the storm
• 14 Metrobus lines operating on snow emergency routes only
• Metro cancels weekend track maintenance
• General Manager's Online Chat is canceled
• Metro prepares for major winter storm Friday and Saturday
• Presidents Day Holiday weekend work to close Metro's Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations
• Metrobus, MetroAccess service returning to normal operations
• Snowy roadways impact Metrobus service
• Metro ready for winter weather tonight and Wednesday
• Metro Transit Police conduct major anti-terrorism show of force
• Statement from Metro on President's fiscal year 2011 budget request
• Metro sets February weeknight track maintenance schedule
• Metro to host series of emergency response exercises
• Metro sets February weekend track maintenance schedule

January 2010

• Metrobus, MetroAccess service returning to normal operations
• Snow continues to impact Metrobus, MetroAccess service
• Snowy roadways impacting Metrobus, MetroAccess service
• Metro ready for winter weather tonight and Saturday
• Metro Board approves 10-cent fare increase to close FY2010 budget gap
• Metro Board Chairman Jim Graham delivers outgoing remarks
• Mortimer Downey, Marcel Acosta Sworn in to Metro Board
• Peter Benjamin elected Chairman of Metro's Board of Directors
• Metro announces weekend rail service changes
• Street closings affected by State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol tomorrow night will impact select Metrobus routes
• Red Line resumes normal service after fatal accident
• Metro investigating employee accident
• New information for Red Line Riders to avoid rail delays
• Red Line service impacted after fatal accident
• Metro track workers struck by track equipment in fatal accident
• Metro ready for winter weather tonight and Friday
• Metro announces bus service changes for Friday's March for Life
• President's Day Holiday weekend work to close Metro's Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations
• Metro successfully completes Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend track work
• Metro's Martin Luther King Jr, Holiday weekend track work progressing on schedule
• Metro's Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend track work on schedule
• Metro seeks public input on options to close FY2010 budget gap
• Metro offers tips for getting around this weekend's Red Line station closure
• Metro announces holiday schedules for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18
• Metro reminds customers of this weekend's early last train departures on the Red Line at Shady Grove and Medical Center Metrorail stations due to closure of Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station
• Metro announces bus service changes for Saturday
• Metro General Manager John Catoe to retire
• Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend work to close Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station
• Metro hosting three-day Right-of-Way Safety Workshop
• Metro sets public hearing on options to close FY2010 budget gap
• Metro ready for winter weather tonight and Friday
• Metro announces weekend rail service changes
• Metro statement regarding Tri-State Oversight Committee's Rail Transit Special Safety Study  Roadway Worker Protection
• Cracked rail discovered near Forest Glen Metrorail station
• Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend work to close Grosvenor-Strathmore Metrorail station
• January schedule for Metrorail station escalator rehabilitation work
• New Metro Transit Police unit focuses on anti-terrorism
• Metro General Manager to host online chat this Friday
• Woman dies after being struck by train
• Red Line trains delayed late Monday night