Washington Metro Updates Service Plan for Next SafeTrack Surge on the Blue Line
Jan. 30, 2017
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) will resume around-the-clock SafeTrack “surge” work February 11 with an 18-day shutdown on the Blue Line between Rosslyn and Pentagon stations. Today, in the interest of minimizing customer impact, Metro is announcing a change to the way trains will operate during the surge.
The new service plan means that riders from Virginia will experience less crowding and will be able to ride into DC without changing trains. (The previous plan would have run Blue Line trains on a short segment of the line in Virginia — between Franconia-Springfield and Reagan National Airport only. At the airport, riders would have had to transfer to Yellow Line trains to continue their trip.)
Riders traveling between Largo and Downtown DC should use Silver Line trains, which will run on their regular weekday schedule (every 6 minutes during rush hour).