Metrorail Maintenance on Red, Orange Lines October 23-25

WMATA is warning Metrorail customers to expect delays this weekend on the Red and Orange lines.

A press release from WMATA on Thursday, October 22 announced that trains will be single tracking between the Friendship Heights and Van Ness-UDC stations on the Red Line and between the East Falls Church and Ballston-MU stations on the Orange Line.  Customers using these lines are advised to add at least twenty to thirty minutes to their planned travel time.

Notably affected by maintenance is the Tenleytown-AU station on the Red Line, which services American University.  Tenleytown-AU is situated between the Friendship Heights and Van Ness-UDC stations.

Work on the lines is scheduled to begin at 9:30PM Friday, October 23 and should be completed by Metrorail's reopening the following Monday.