Metro Cuts Weekend Service Amid Coronavirus Crisis: What To Know

WASHINGTON, DC — Amid a growing coronavirus pandemic, Metro has shut down 19 of its 91 rail stations indefinitely to limit employees' exposure to the disease and to conserve cleaning supplies. The closures include the Archives-Penn Quarter, East Falls Church, and Arlington Cemetery stations. Click here for the full list.

Metro advises that its rail and bus systems only be used for essential trips. Translation: Unless you are a front-line health care worker or a person essential to the supply chain (i.e., grocery store employee, gas attendant, liquor store clerk), or have to access critical resources, don't take the Metro. And if you aren't feeling well, stay home. Contact your healthcare provider first and follow their guidance.

Here's everything you need to know if you must take the Metro this weekend:

• On Saturday and Sunday, Metro will operate between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.

METRORAIL

Trains will operate on all lines and serve all open stations. A total of 19 stations are closed. Alternate transportation will not be provided at any of the affected stations.

According to officials, riders should expect wait times of up to 30 minutes between trains.

METROBUS

Limited bus service will only be provided on 26 routes (see list below). Routes that aren't on the list will not operate. Riders should also expect wait times of up to 30 minutes between buses.

Hours of service will vary by route, but will generally run on a Sunday schedule.

Officials are asking customers to use rear bus doors to help contain the spread of COVID-19.

• 54 – 14th Street Line
• S4 – 16th Street Line
• 70 – Georgia Avenue – 7th Street Line
• 83 – College Park Line
• 90 – U Street – Garfield Line
• C4 – Greenbelt – Twinbrook Line
• X2 – Benning Road – H Street Line
• 16C – Columbia Pike Line
• 28A – Leesburg Pike Line
• 29K – Alexandria – Fairfax Line
• 29N – Alexandria – Fairfax Line
• 30N – Friendship Heights – Southeast Line
• 30S – Friendship Heights – Southeast Line
• A6 – Anacostia – Congress Heights Line
• B2 – Bladensburg Road – Anacostia Line
• D12 - Oxon Hill-Suitland Line
• F4 - New Carrollton-Silver Spring Line
• H4 – Crosstown Line
• J2 – Bethesda – Silver Spring Line
• K6 – New Hampshire Avenue – Maryland Line
• P12 – Eastover – Addison Road Line
• REX – Richmond Highway Express
• V4 - Capitol Heights-Minnesota Avenue Line
• W4 – Deanwood – Alabama Avenue Line
• Y2 – Georgia Avenue – Maryland Line
• Z8 – Fairland

METROACCESS

MetroAccess vans will connect three rail stations with hospitals from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sibley Hospital
Shuttle from: Friendship Heights Station
Transfer location: Bus Bay G, Stop #2001506

Georgetown University Hospital
Shuttle from: Dupont Metro (Q Street)
Transfer location: Bus Stop #1003746

Prince George's Hospital
New Carrollton (South Side)
Bus Bay A, Stop #3003032

MetroAccess will operate during the same hours as rail and bus services. The MetroAccess Eligibility Center is closed until further notice.