Traffic & Transit

Weekend Metro Schedule: Train Time Changes, Station Closures

Here's what to expect if you're taking the Metro this weekend.

Here's what to expect if you're taking the Metro this weekend.
Here's what to expect if you're taking the Metro this weekend. (Emily Leayman/Patch)

BETHESDA, MD — Taking the Metro this weekend? Here's everything you need to know before heading out the door.

Red Line trains will operate every 12 to 15 minutes in two segments:

  • Shady Grove to Grosvenor-Strathmore
    • Last inbound train from Shady Grove will depart at 9:51 p.m. (34 minutes earlier than normal)
    • Last outbound train from Grosvenor-Strathmore will depart at 11:57 p.m. (25 minutes later than normal)
  • Friendship Heights to Glenmont

Free shuttle buses will replace trains between Grosvenor-Strathmore and Friendship Heights. Medical Center and Bethesda stations will be closed.

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There will be no Blue Line service due to the Platform Improvement Project:

  • Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street stations will be served by Yellow Line trains, operating between Franconia-Springfield and Mt. Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center
  • Arlington Cemetery station will be closed
    • Free shuttles will be provided between Rosslyn, Arlington Cemetery, and Pentagon
    • View wmata.com/platforms for additional travel alternatives

Orange Line trains will run every 15 to 20 minutes.

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Silver Line trains will also operate every 15 to 20 minutes. Addison Road station will be closed. Free shuttle buses will be provided between that station and Capitol Heights. View wmata.com/platforms for additional travel alternatives.

Yellow Line trains will run every 15 to 20 minutes in two segments:

  • Huntington to Greenbelt
  • Franconia-Springfield to Mt. Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center

After 10 p.m., trains will single-track between Prince George's Plaza and College Park-U of Md.

Green Line trains will run every 15 to 20 minutes, but single-track between Prince George's Plaza and College Park-U of Md. after 10 p.m.

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