Major Weekend Track Work Schedule

Planned Metrorail Track Work

Metro has transitioned to a new program of preventive maintenance and planned capital work. Overnight and weekend hours will be used for enhanced preventive maintenance including cable testing to prevent smoke and fire incidents, stray current testing, trackbed cleaning, switch maintenance, torqueing (tightening fasteners, joint nuts and bolts) to eliminate excessive strain on infrastructure, and track geometry work to ensure the correct rail alignment.

NOTE: Every effort will be made to adhere to the schedule below. However, changes may be necessary due to weather, construction delays and other factors outside our control. This page will be updated as necessary.

For details about this weekend's track work, including minor projects that may impact your trip, view wmata.com/weekend.

Start End Line Impact Stations Closed Work Performed
Nov 27 Nov 30 Red line After 10 p.m., single tracking between Van Ness and Friendship Heights None Tunnel leak mitigation
Dec 2 Dec 3 Green line Single tracking between Mount Vernon Sq and U Street None Platform edge lighting replacement
Dec 2 Dec 3 Red line Single tracking between Twinbrook and Shady Grove None Crosstie renewal and surfacing
Dec 3 Dec 3 Orange lineSilver line Shutdown between Clarendon and Ballston Virginia Sq-GMU Emergency exercise
Dec 4 Dec 7 Red line After 10 p.m., single tracking between Friendship Heights and Medical Center None Fastener and rail renewal, and joint elimination
Dec 4 Dec 7 Blue lineOrange lineSilver line After 10 p.m., single tracking between Foggy Bottom and Arlington/Clarendon None Replace rail, fastener and coverboards, and regauge curves
Dec 9 Dec 10 Green line Single tracking from Mount Vernon to U Street None Platform edge lighting replacement
Dec 9 Dec 10 Red line Shutdown between Grosvenor and Shady Grove North Bethesda, Twinbrook, Rockville Install radio and fiber-optic cables
Dec 11 Dec 14 Red line After 10 p.m., single tracking between Van Ness and Friendship Heights None Tunnel leak mitigation
Dec 16 Dec 17 Red line Single tracking between Van Ness and Friendship Heights None Tunnel leak mitigation
Dec 16 Dec 17 Blue lineOrange lineSilver line Weekend shutdown between Eastern Market and Minnesota Ave/Benning Rd Potomac, Stadium-Armory Aerial structure repair project
Dec 18 Dec 21 Red line Shutdown between Dupont Circle and Gallery Place Farragut North, Metro Center (Red Line upper platform only) Red Line Major Construction Project
Dec 22 Dec 24 Red line Shutdown between Dupont Circle and Union Station Farragut North, Metro Center & Gallery Place (Red Line upper level platforms only), Judiciary Square Red Line Major Construction Project
Dec 25 Dec 30 Red line Shutdown between Dupont Circle and Gallery Place Farragut North, Metro Center (Red Line upper platform only) Red Line Major Construction Project