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Metro summer shutdown has Alexandria residents worried
Metro’s shutdown will affect an estimated 17,000 riders per day. Residents in Alexandria are worried not only about the commute, but also about the noise associated with the platform work.
4 days ago -
Metro shutdown will ‘be disruptive’ for Alexandria, official warns
Prepare your ear plugs, Alexandria residents. The Metro shutdown is coming, and one city official warns that things could get loud.
6 days ago -
Alexandria officials give final update before Metro shuts down Blue, Yellow lines
The WMATA Summer Platform Improvement Project is set to begin next weekend. Alexandria officials went before the City Council on Saturday to provide a final update on the project before construction and share more details about how commuters are likely to be impacted.
1 week ago -
6 Metro stations closing this weekend
The closures coincide with major roadwork on Interstate 395, ongoing construction on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and other significant spring and summer construction projects.
4 weeks ago -
‘Absolutely absurd’: Alexandria livid about Metro’s surprise extension of Blue, Yellow line shutdown
Metro’s discussions of extending its largest round-the-clock shutdown yet were kept secret, even from local officials responsible for planning many alternative options. The full shutdown of all six stations south of Reagan National Airport is now scheduled to include the rough traffic week that follows Labor Day.
1 month ago -
Will Metro’s summer shutdown in Northern Va. impact fall traffic?
Fairfax County and Alexandria leaders were surprised to learn that the shutdown of several Metro stations on the Blue and Orange lines in Northern Virginia this summer might continue impacting traffic into the fall.
2 months ago -
Va. outlines alternatives during monthslong closure of Blue, Yellow lines
Virginia is getting ready for the monthslong closure of six Metrorail stations on the Blue and Yellow lines. Here’s what you need to know.
2 months ago -
Alexandria finalizing options for major summer Metro shutdown
Alexandria’s final draft mitigation plan for the monthslong closure of all Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport has been published. Here’s what you need to know.
3 months ago -
New alternatives in works for Metro’s Blue, Yellow line summer shutdown
All Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport are scheduled to close from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.
3 months ago -
Some Metro riders could see more trains starting this summer
Extending all Yellow Line trains to Greenbelt and all Red Line trains past Silver Spring to Glenmont are General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s top recommendations out of several service change proposals in the next budget.
3 months ago -
6 Metro stations closed, track work on all lines this weekend
In a dry run for a monthslong shutdown this summer, all Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport are closed this weekend. Single-tracking will slow all the other lines as well. Find out the details.
3 months ago -
Major Blue, Yellow line shutdown this weekend
All stations south of Braddock Road are closed this weekend. The weekend shutdown foreshadows a three-month-shutdown of an even larger stretch of the Blue and Yellow Lines this summer.
4 months ago -
Blue, Yellow Line single-tracking, end of Saturday Metro parking fees this weekend
Blue and Yellow Line trains are cut back to every 20 minutes each this weekend, but the biggest change for Metro may be the elimination of short-lived Saturday parking fees.
5 months ago -
Md. Red Line, Va. commuter bus service boosts start Monday
Thousands of commuters looking to get out of the D.C. region’s terrible traffic will have more frequent Metro or bus service starting Monday.
5 months ago -
(Mostly) smooth sailing on Metro despite Yellow Line shutdown
Despite the fact that Metro has shut down the Yellow Line for two weeks to repair the rails on the bridge over the Potomac River, D.C.-area commuters are managing the morning rush just fine — provided they remembered the shutdown was even happening.
6 months ago
