The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is shutting down the Metro’s Yellow Line the next two weekends to work on the route’s rail infrastructure as part of WMATA’s new infrastructure program.
The Yellow Line, which typically runs trains every six minutes on weekdays and every nine minutes on weekends, travels north to south through the District, with stops from Huntington through L’Enfant Plaza to Greenbelt.
Shuttering the Yellow Line comes as the WMATA transitions to a new program that involves crews working overnight and on weekends to tackle preventive repairs, according to the Metro website.
The WMATA also plans to use a single track for the Yellow and Blue lines between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sept. 23, from Reagan National Airport to Pentagon City, to de-stress the rails and prevent heat kinks.
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Metro workers are scheduled to single-track the Red Line from Oct. 3 to 4, between Farragut North and Judiciary Square, to fasten the route’s rail, replace its insulator and rehabilitate the line’s grout pad.
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During that same time, the WMATA will also single-track the Silver Line from East Falls Church to McLean to replace the line’s switch timber ties, insulators and fasteners.
From Dec. 16 to 30, crews will single-track the Green Line between U Street and Georgia Avenue-Petworth to replace its rail and fastening systems; communications and signal equipment; and lighting infrastructure.
The WMATA says it may change the scheduled maintenance due to weather, construction delays and other factors outside its control.
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