Press Releases

Press release archive

March 2010

• Metrorail to open at 5 a.m. on Saturday for the National Marathon
• Rail ridership springs ahead after winter snows melt
• Train operator dismissed
• Metro guidelines to improve bus stops throughout region
• Transit expert conducts assessment of Metro
• Metro Transit Police address rising rate of robberies
• Metro reminds customers that daylight-saving time begins early Sunday morning
• Metro announces weekend rail and bus service changes
• Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center resume full service
• Pentagon Transit Center buses temporarily relocated
• Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center reopen
• Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center closed For remainder of Thursday night and into Friday
• Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center reopen
• Pentagon Metrorail station, Pentagon Transit Center closed
• Press conference announcing Metro's Interim General Manager now on YouTube
• Metro sets six public hearings on options to close FY2011 budget gap
• Metro announces weekend rail service changes
• Richard Sarles appointed Interim General Manager of Metro
• Metrorail identification rail car numbers now more visible
• Jack Requa appointed Metro's Assistant General Manager of Bus Services
• Metro sets March weeknight track maintenance schedule
• Metro sets March weekend track maintenance schedule

February 2010

• Metro to repair door control units on nearly half of rail fleet
• Metro to install rollback protection on 182 rail cars
• More Metro employees slated to be "at-will"
• Metro announces weekend rail and bus service changes
• Peter Benjamin's incoming remarks as new Chair of Metro Board
• Emergency response active shooter exercise ends
• Emergency response active shooter exercise begins at Friendship Heights
• Metro ready for winter weather tonight and Thursday
• Metro partners with disability advocacy groups to expand training efforts
• Metro to host emergency response exercise with active shooter scenario
• Metro publishes Capital Needs Inventory for next decade
• Metro employee was speaking in capacity as private citizen
• Metro facing $189 million shortfall in FY2011 budget
• Metro to reduce hours at four sales offices beginning Feb. 19
• February snowstorms cost Metro $18 million
• Metro announces weekend rail and bus service changes
• Public art approved for Farragut West and Takoma Metrorail stations
• Ten-cent Metro fare increase effective February 28 through June 26
• 22 Metrobus routes still operating on snow emergency routes as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Franconia-Springfield Metrorail station escalator rehabilitation work
• All Metrorail stations to open at 7 a.m. Saturday
• All Metrorail stations open as of 4 p.m. Friday
• Majority of Metrobus routes operating as of 1:30 p.m. Friday
• Metro expands service on Friday
• Derailment at Farragut North Metrorail station: station reopened
• Derailment at Farragut North Metrorail station: station closed
• Derailment reported at Farragut North Metrorail station
• Snow, reduced services cause dramatic drop in Metrorail trips
• Metro expands service Friday
• More than 600 Metrobuses operating as of 9 a.m. Friday
• Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess service expand Friday
• Portion of Orange Line reopens
• Portion of Yellow Line reopens
• Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess service expand for Friday
• All Green Line Metrorail stations reopen
• First stretch of above-ground Metrorail track reopens on the Red Line
• Visit Metro's online photo gallery to see how Metro is digging out from the storms
• 47 Metrobus routes return to roads as of 1 p.m. Thursday
• Continued snowfall, reduced services sees dramatic drop in Metrorail trips
• Metrorail to remain underground Thursday
• Metrorail ridership in February paints a snowy picture
• Metro Board committee meetings postponed
• Metrorail limited to underground as of 8:45 p.m. Tuesday
• Metrobus service suspended as of 8 p.m. Tuesday
• Metrorail limited to underground; no Metrobus, MetroAccess service Wednesday
• About 500 Metrobuses operating as of 5 p.m. Tuesday
• 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