Author Topic: Warning for Metro riders this week—track work on FOUR lines  (Read 1577 times)

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Offline OldChelsea

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Still no confirmation as yet about the Green/Yellow line project on the Metro site, but suffice it to say: if it's anything like the Dr Gridlock piece says it will be (see lead post), those Marlins and Giants series are going to be a bloody mess (with the exception of the Giants finale on Monday 9th June, which won't be affected).

Green Line trains only once every 24min - at a Nats matchnight??? Granted the Marlins and the now-Bonds-less Giants aren't exactly major road draws, so it's not like they're doing this work during a Cubs, Orioles or Mess visit...but take a look at the current Pittsburgh series: the Pirates aren't exactly big road draws these days either, but the first two matches (Thursday/Friday) of the current series both drew in the mid-20,000 range and I wouldn't be surprised to see us crack 30K+ today and Sunday, so I think we can expect at least comparable turn-outs for the Marlins and Giants series.

For the affected series, unless you're getting on the southbound Green Line at Greenbelt or somewhere else near the line's north end, you can pretty much forget about getting on - those southbound trains will be completely chocka once they hit Gallery Place, and if you're getting on at L'Enfant like thousands of people changing over from the Blue/Orange/Yellow lines...well forget it. If you don't have access to private transportation you can pretty much forget about making it to any of the matches, especially the weeknight ones.

(Oh yes - as if you didn't have enough to worry about - on the 10th, the evening of the Saturday Marlins match, the US women's national soccer team is playing a friendly against Canada kicking off 10min before the Nats match - will probably draw in the teens at least. If you're going to be using the RFK parking shuttle, budget time accordingly.)