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Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Metro has implemented its services for essential travel only. WMATA officials announced on Thursday that 19 stations will be closed – up from 17 originally announced – to help protect the health and safety of Metro’s employees, and customers [see list below]. People are being urged to use adjacent stations as […]

Metro está cerrando 17 estaciones a partir del jueves por la mañana hasta nuevo aviso. Dos estaciones en la línea roja, Grosvenor-Strathmore en Bethesda y Cleveland Park en Northwest DC están entre las 17 estaciones. En un comunicado, Metro dijo que la baja cantidad de pasajeros y la necesidad de conservar los suministros de limpieza […]

Metro is closing 17 stations beginning Thursday morning until further notice. Two stations on the red line, Grosvenor-Strathmore in Bethesda and Cleveland Park in Northwest D.C. are among the 17 stations. In a statement, Metro said low ridership and the need to conserve critical cleaning supplies led Metro’s Pandemic Task Force to make this decision. […]

Metro will further reduce service starting Wednesday as part of its coronavirus response, Metro’s Pandemic Task Force announced.  In a statement, Metro said ridership was down 70 percent on Monday, so rail and bus service will be reduced to allow for more cleaning and social distancing.  Metro trains will run from 5 a.m. to 11 […]

The red line will close four metro stations in Montgomery County this weekend to allow for purple line work. Metro stations Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton and Glenmont will close Saturday, Mar. 14 and Sunday, Mar. 15. WMATA will provide free shuttle buses to replace train cars between Fort Totten and Glenmont. The buses will […]

The Washington, D.C. Metro elevated its coronavirus response to Phase 2 on Friday, one day after the first three cases were confirmed in Montgomery County, Maryland and Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency. On Sunday, Hogan announced two more cases, one in Montgomery County and another in Harford County. Metro has four response […]

Este fin de semana, las estaciones de Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton y Glenmont estarán cerradas, el sábado 29 de febrero y el domingo 1 de marzo debido a la integración de la Línea Morada. Habrá autobuses gratuitos que reemplazarán el tren de la Línea Roja entre Fort Totten y Glenmont. Los pasajeros que viajan […]

Un hombre se está recuperando de serias lesiones después de ser atropellado por un tren WMATA Metro, el martes por la mañana. El incidente ocurrió a eso de las 5:40 a.m., cerca de la estación de Rockville en el área de la Escuela Católica de St. Mary, según un video publicado en Twitter por el […]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s proposed budget for the fiscal year 2021 completely eliminates seven Metro Bus routes within Montgomery County.  Montgomery County officials, including Sidney Katz, President of the County Council, as well as state senators and delegates, have signed a letter calling for WMATA to reconsider its budget plan.  The proposal eliminates lines […]

La Línea Roja cerrará cuatro estaciones de Metro en el Condado de Montgomery durante el fin de semana del Día de los Presidentes. Las estaciones Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton y Glenmont estarán cerradas para permitir la construcción e integración de la Línea Morada. El cierre tendrá lugar del sábado 15 de febrero al lunes […]