Weekend Track Work: Yellow Line Shutdown

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METRORAIL track maintenance and a special safety training exercise are scheduled for the following areas this weekend:

» YELLOW LINE: Due to a safety and emergency response exercise on the Yellow Line's Potomac River bridge, trains will not run between Fort Totten in the District and the King Street station in Alexandria via L'Enfant Plaza, from opening to noon on Saturday. In the District, use the Green Line. For access between Alexandria and the District, use the Blue Line via Rosslyn.

Yellow Line trains will share the same track between the King Street station and Huntington terminal because of maintenance on a switch at Huntington starting at 10 o'clock this evening through closing Sunday. Following Saturday's safety exercise, Yellow Line trains from the District will service the Blue Line's Franconia-Springfield terminal instead of Huntington.

» ORANGE LINE: Trains will share the same track between the New Carrollton and Cheverly stations on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Every other outbound train will terminate at Cheverly before returning to the District and Virginia.

» GREEN LINE: Because of cable work between the Prince George's Plaza and College Park-U of Md. stations, trains will share the same track through that section of the Green Line tonight and Saturday from midnight to closing.

Regularly scheduled testing of new rail cars will force Green Line trains to share the same track in and out of the Greenbelt terminal on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Expect minor delays.

» "Weekend Track Work to Affect Metro's Yellow, Orange and Green Lines" [WMATA]