Posts Tagged ‘blue line’
Metro Delays This Weekend
Metro is planning track work this weekend that will affect the Orange, Blue, and Yellow lines. If you’re traveling on the Orange line between Cheverly and Stadium-Armory, add half an hour to your trip because they’re single-tracking. On the Blue line, add half an hour of travel time to your trip because of single tracking [...]
More »Franconia-Springfield Loses Parking
If you’re a Blue Liner and take Metro from the Franconia station, get ready to fight for parking at the garage. As many commuters who use the station are aware, the Metro garage is about to undergo a major rehabilitation project. WMATA issued a press release announcing that the first phase of construction will begin [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: Labor Pains
‘joy.’
courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’
ZOMG METRO CLOZING 3 STATIONS DURING TEH HOLIDAY!!!1!one11!
I’m sure that’s the most common reaction by Blue and Yellow line riders who read Metro’s press release yesterday; it certainly seemed to be the tone set by commenters and blogs around the area.
Now, normally I’m one of the first detractors of Metro’s policies of late [...]
Talkin’ Transit: Common Commuting
‘New Carrolltn’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
I give you the average day in the life of a Washington commuter (who happens to be a blogger and works downtown).*
7:06 a.m. Pulling into the parking garage at Franconia-Springfield a little early; traffic for once was cooperative so I am optimistic it’s a good sign for today. Until I nearly [...]
Monday Morning Metrofail: Orange and Blue Lines
Orange and Blue Line riders had a hellish commute this morning thanks to a train down due to mechanical difficulties at Foggy Bottom station, causing single-tracking and trains held at stations up and down both lines in both directions. I waited on a Vienna-bound Orange Line train at Metro Center for about twenty minutes before [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: SmarTrip Getting Smarter!
‘Metro SmarTrip Card’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been waiting for the day when I’d be able to reload my SmarTrip card somewhere other than a Metro station. For those of us who ride buses regularly, it’s really frustrating to have to go to a Metro station to [...]
McPherson Square station closed
Update: Metro reports that the blue and orange lines are back to normal. Just in time for the best part of rush hour. Perhaps today isn’t so unlucky after all!
Dr. Gridlock, from the Washington Post, reported a few minutes ago that McPherson Square Metro Station is closed. It is reported that a Blue Line train [...]
Monday Morning on Metro
Another fun Monday morning for transit, and by “fun” I mean “not fun” — and on Car Free Day too!
At around 8:20 AM, a train with mechanical difficulties caused delays on the Orange Line in the direction of New Carrolton. Around the same time a switch problem backed up the Shady Grove-bound Red Line. Trains [...]
