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This Weekend: What To Know If You're Taking Metro

Shady Grove station will be closed this weekend, and on Saturday the metrorail system will open hour early, at 6 a.m.

Diana Soliwon, Neighbor
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Planning on hopping the Red Line this weekend? Here’s a few things you should know, according to WMATA:

  • Metro will continue efforts to rebuild the rail system over the weekend of March 16-18. The work will begin at 10 p.m. Friday and continue through system closing on Sunday.

  • On Saturday, March 17, the Metrorail system will open one hour early— at 6 a.m.— for the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon.

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  • Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday and continuing through system closing on Sunday, free shuttle buses will replace Red Line trains between Shady Grove and Rockville to allow for NTSB-recommended track circuit module replacement.

  • As a result, Shady Grove Station will be closed.

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  • Red Line trains will operate between Rockville and Glenmont every 10 minutes between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and at regular weekend intervals at other times.

  • Customers using shuttle bus service should allow 15 minutes of additional travel time.

  • The last Glenmont-bound train will depart Rockville at 2:33 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and at 11:33 p.m. on Sunday night.

    • Check Metro’s press release for more information.

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