No Orange Line Trains This Weekend: Metro

VIENNA, VA -- There will be no Orange Line metro service this weekend as Metro replaces track circuits, Metro announced Friday afternoon.

Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30 with service adjustments on all six lines.

Trains will operate as follows:

• Three stations will be closed this weekend: Vienna, Dunn Loring and West Falls Church.
• There will be no Orange Line trains this weekend. Silver Line service will operate between Wiehle-Reston East and New Carrollton.
• Riders traveling to/from Orange Line stations must board a Silver Line train to make their trip.
• Riders traveling to/from Blue/Silver stations between Largo Town Center and Benning Road must use only Blue Line trains.
• Red Line trains will operate every 8-16 minutes.
• Yellow and Green line trains operate every 12-15 minutes.
• Silver and Blue Line trains operate every 20 minutes.

More information on Orange Line service

Buses will replace trains at Vienna, Dunn Loring and West Falls Church; Silver Line trains replace Orange Line trains, 7 a.m. Saturday through closing Monday

From 7 a.m. Saturday through closing Monday, buses will replace trains between Vienna and East Falls Church. Free shuttle buses will operate on two routes:

• Local - between Vienna and East Falls Church making intermediate stops at Dunn Loring and West Falls Church. Please allow 12-15 minutes of travel time for each station stop.
• Express - between Vienna and East Falls Church with no intermediate stops. Please allow up to 25 minutes travel time.

Last train times

• The last eastbound train of the night to New Carrollton will depart East Falls Church at its regular time. On Friday and Saturday nights, the last eastbound train departs East Falls Church at 2:35 a.m. On Sunday and Monday, the last train departs East Falls Church at 11:35 p.m.
• The last westbound train of the night to East Falls Church will depart New Carrollton at its regular time. On Friday and Saturday nights, the last westbound train departs New Carrollton at 2:36 a.m. On Sunday and Monday, the last train departs New Carrollton at 11:36 p.m.

Work being performed: Track circuit replacement.

More information on Silver Line service

Trains operate every 20 minutes between Wiehle-Reston East and New Carrollton, 7 a.m. Saturday through closing Monday

Single tracking between McPherson Square and Smithsonian to allow for restraining rail replacement.

Trains will operate every 20 minutes between Wiehle-Reston East and New Carrollton. As a result, the following five stations will be served by Blue Line trains only: Largo Town Center, Morgan Boulevard, Addison Road, Capitol Heights and Benning Road.

If traveling to/from a station between Benning Road & Largo Town Center, use a Blue Line train. Silver Line trains will travel via the Orange Line to/from New Carrollton this weekend.

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