Posts tagged Track Work
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Metro Reasons: 17,000 Yellow and Blue Line riders will need to find a different way to get around during next summer’s shutdown
Metro is planning to shut down the six Yellow and Blue Line stations south of National Airport for 100 days next summer, which certainly won’t be easy. The agency estimates the shutdown will impact 17,000 riders. WMATA is planning on running four shuttle bus routes between the affected stations, and is working with local partners to beef up existing routes. Keep reading…
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WMATA actually did have a plan to recover ridership, and it’s everything advocates had been suggesting
This weekend, Faiz Siddiqui at the Washington Post reported that the WMATA Board had not seen, discussed, or devised a plan to reverse the dangerous drop in ridership on both the train and bus. Wednesday, he got just such a plan, a 26-page document which WMATA's planning and performance departments had created five months ago. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: 16 days of severe service cuts on the Orange, Silver, Blue lines start Saturday
Metro is one week away from reducing service on the Orange, Silver, and Blue lines by up to 80% for two weeks, beginning August 11 and ending on the 26th. Riders will want to figure out now how they will get around the trackwork before it starts up next week. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: Metro’s summer of delays means workarounds and some mitigation
Orange and Silver line trains will run at late-night hours all day, and Blue Line trains will end at Arlington Cemetery for 16 days in August. A temporary bus lane will help move MetroExtra G9 buses while Rhode Island and Brookland stations on the Red Line are closed from July 21 to September 3. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: With weeknight track work, trains don’t come when Metro says they will
When Metro needs extra time to perform track work, the agency routinely uses late-night hours before the system closes to begin single-tracking. But on weeknights when rail service can be cut as early as 8 pm, the agency does not create and maintain schedules so passengers know when and where trains should be so they can get home on time. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: The Rhode Island Avenue closure includes a redo of some SafeTrack work
In our previous reporting, we wrote that the Rhode Island Avenue station would be shut down for 44 days “to allow a contractor to perform a large amount of work: replacing all the concrete ceiling tiles, track deck slabs, platform supports, track deck edges, and more.” Some digging reveals that Metro is taking advantage of the closure to work on repairs that weren't adequately completed during a previous SafeTrack shutdown. Keep reading…
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Metro’s track department head is leaving
Michael Davis, General Superintendent of Track and Structures at Metro, is departing the agency “to pursue other opportunities.” His position will temporarily be filled by Leroy Jones, Assistant Director of Plant Maintenance. Keep reading…
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Four track projects will impact 79 days of rail service this year
There are four different track projects on the Orange, Silver, Blue, and Red lines coming this year, as well as repair work happening this morning on the Green Line. Keep reading…
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For four weekends in July and August, Metro is closing Medical Center and Bethesda stations
Metro plans to close the Medical Center and Bethesda stations for four weekends starting July 15th for a tunnel waterproofing project. Trains will also single-track between Medical Center and Friendship Heights at nighttime for a month beginning 9pm every weekday between July 10 and August 11. If this project is successful, it could mean more closures but also, eventually, fewer leaks and a more reliable Red Line. Keep reading…
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Upcoming Metro shutdowns signal a new, better approach to track work
On Thursday, Metro announced that three sections of Green, Red, and Yellow Line tracks will shut down for up to 15 days between August 2017 and May 2018 so that crews can perform trackwork. The shutdowns indicate that Metro may be shifting how it approaches track maintenance, going from using single-tracking and overnight maintenance that can mean drawing things out to simply shutting and getting a job done all at once. Keep reading…