A section of Metro’s Red Line will close for three months this summer for maintenance and construction work, Metro announced Tuesday.
The work will be executed in two phases: one from June 1 to June 29, which will shutter the Takoma, Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton and Glenmont stations, and the other from June 30 to Aug. 31, when Takoma will reopen while the others remain closed.During the closures, Metro plans to perform maintenance along the eastern end of the Red Line between Glenmont and Fort Totten.
While the stations are closed, Metro plans to run free shuttles between Fort Totten and Glenmont, stopping at all of the shuttered stations. There will also be limited shuttles making fewer stops between Fort Totten and Glenmont, as well as an express shuttle between Silver Spring and Metro Center in downtown D.C.
Joe McAndrew, assistant secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation, said the construction work would significantly enhance local transit by connecting Metro, MARC and the Purple Line. “While this summer will be a tough summer in terms of trying to traverse the corridor due to the shutdown, this is a key enabling project that we’ve been after as a state for many years,” he said.
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