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This Weekend: What to Know if You’re Taking Metro
Red Line service will operate as usual during the three-day weekend.

If you’re planning on hopping the Metro this weekend, here’s a few things to know, according to WMATA:
- Red Line service will operate normally throughout the Columbus Day holiday weekend.
- Major track work is planned on the Green, Yellow and Orange Lines.
- From 10 p.m. Friday through closing Monday, Oct. 10, the Shaw, U Street and Columbia Heights Metro stations will be closed. Free shuttle buses will run between Mt. Vernon Square and Georgia Avenue.
- Also from 10 p.m. Friday through closing Monday, buses will replace trains between East Falls Church and West Falls Church on the Orange Line.
- For more information on Green, Yellow and Orange Line weekend track work, check Metro’s website.
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