Morning Washington. It's the holiday party season, and I'm sure many of you, along with me, are recovering from one of the many holiday parties on your calendar this month. more ›

Metro says it has lifted most of the speed restrictions that were put in place on the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Bethesda late last week. Inbound Red Line trains traveling in the direction of Glenmont are now back at normal speeds, up to 59 mph. Outbound trains traveling in the direction of Shady Grove, meanwhile, are operating at 35 to 40 mph between Friendship Heights and Bethesda. WMATA says it hopes to have those trains back entirely to full speed by next week. more ›

A temporary 15 mph speed restriction is in place on the Red Line between Friendship Heights and Bethesda, WMATA has announced. The change is due to ongoing rail replacement work along that section of the tracks. The restriction has actually been in place since late last week, according to Metro, and the transit authority hopes to be able to lift them by the middle of this week. Previously scheduled weeknight and weekend track work between Medical Center and Friendship Heights will continue through this week and into the weekend, which will cause delays of between 20 and 30 minutes while inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing the same track. more ›

The standard spiel from WMATA for the past eight months has been that the switch to manual operation after the June 22 Red Line crash has been the source of nearly all rider woes since then. Jerky stops and starts? It's the manual operation. Longer headways between trains? Related to manual operation. Overcrowded train cars when they do come? Metro is just less efficient in manual operation. more ›

Make sure to note the weekend and weeknight Metro track maintenance schedules for the month of March, available from WMATA online. more ›

Metro has unveiled its February weekend and weeknight track maintenance schedules, among them another holiday weekend closure of two Metro stations. The Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations will be closed for the entire Presidents' Day weekend, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, through midnight on Monday, Feb. 15. The closures will allow Metro to perform a major track rehabilitation project at the Rosslyn station. more ›

There's more track maintenance work planned on the Red Line this weekend, in that same section between Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore that has been a headache for a while now. WMATA wants to remind customers along this part of the Red Line to add at least 20 minutes to their travel time this weekend, starting at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, through to closing on Sunday, Jan. 31. more ›

WMATA has put out its latest weekend and weeknight track maintenance schedules, and it looks like there will be plenty of frustration to go around this month. Customers on the Red, Blue and Orange lines should make a point to read through all the details linked above, but the highlight is a major track rehabilitation project on the Red Line between White Flint and Medical Center, which will see related delays on the weekends of Jan. 8-10 and 29-31, plus a full shutdown of the Grosvenor-Strathmore station during the entire Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend, Jan. 15-18. more ›

While we're waiting for this evening's Red Line delays to sort themselves out, let's take a look at the December track maintenance schedules and see what planned delays are in store for us in the coming month. more ›

WMATA put out its November track work advisories today, and it looks like Metrorail riders on most lines are in for more of the weeknight delays that made October such a joy, not to mention plenty of weekend work to contend with. A brief outline of what to expect this month is below, but see the two advisories for full details. more ›

It's Thursday, which means the weekend is blissfully close. But apart from a break from the office and a chance to unwind, you know what weekends also mean: Metro track maintenance delays! This weekend's work schedule isn't as bad as recent episodes, but Red and Orange Line riders should make a note of the following potential delays. Also keep in mind that the entire Metrorail system will open at 5 a.m. on Sunday to accommodate the Marine Corps Marathon. We'll have more detailed information on the street closures that will come along with that event this weekend. more ›

In case it wasn't obvious when you boarded the Metrorail system this morning, WMATA says it did indeed finish up that major rail interlocking replacement and bridge work that saw three Metro stations on the Green and Yellow lines closed for the entire three-day weekend. Also notable: Metro counted 64,228 people who took advantage of the free shuttle buses that were moving riders around the closures. That figure is just shy of the 68,000 or so who used the shuttles during the similar Labor Day weekend closures. more ›

A friendly Friday afternoon reminder from your pals here at DCist about this weekend's Metrorail closures along the Green and Yellow lines. Don't forget that the Waterfront-SEU and Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter stations will be closed completely, along with Green Line service at L’Enfant Plaza, starting at 10:30 p.m. tonight and lasting through closing on Monday, Oct. 12. more ›

WMATA released its October weekend track maintenance schedule on Monday, which details the Columbus Day Weekend closures of the Waterfront-SEU, Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter and L’Enfant Plaza stations on the Yellow and Green lines they had previously warned us about, in addition to myriad other work that will affect the Red and Orange Lines during three other weekends throughout the month. It'll be a busy month for weekend track work, but considering the average month, par for the course. more ›

WMATA announced today it completed the work it intended to do during this past holiday weekend, work which forced the complete closure of three Metro stations, including National Airport, Pentagon City and Crystal City. Metro's track workers replaced four track switches at the Pentagon City station, along with 2,000 feet of rail and more than 735 ties. They also performed repairs along the National Airport station's aerial structure, conducted fire line maintenance and installed cable to upgrade cell phone service at those stations. more ›

Despite the hubbub that initially came pouring out of Metro's board this week after WMATA announced it would close three Metro stations, including the one that serves National Airport, for the entire Labor Day holiday weekend, the closures are set to go into effect tonight at 9:30 p.m. A majority of the board got on the phone with Metro General Manager John Catoe last night for a conference call (a seekrit conference call!), and the consensus is reportedly that they agree with the decision to do the major track work in question this weekend (Labor Day, it turns out, is one of the slowest holiday weekends for WMATA), but are now pledging to make sure the public is given more notice before anything like this happens again. more ›

WMATA announced this afternoon that it intends to make the holiday weekend travel plans of people who will be flying in and out of National Airport a lot more difficult. more ›

Metro has its latest weekend track maintenance update ready for those of you busily planning your Saturday and Sunday travels. WMATA is advising that customers on the Red, Orange and Green Lines should all add an additional 30 minutes to their travel times due to expected delays. more ›

Ongoing track circuit repairs on the Red Line and scheduled maintenance on the Blue, Orange and Yellow Lines this weekend will lead to delays across the Metrorail system. Here's the details: more ›

Metro's scheduled weekend track maintenance, which includes ongoing track circuit repairs on the Red Line as a result of the June 22 crash, will continue to cause delays for Red and Orange Line riders this weekend. more ›

WMATA put out its weekend track maintenance schedule this morning, and thankfully the work in store looks significantly lighter than last weekend, when all five lines were affected. Unfortunately the long-suffering Red Line riders will continue to see the worst of it this weekend. more ›

At the beginning of the month, WMATA scheduled some pretty heavy track maintenance along two points on the Red Line for this weekend. But as you might imagine, Monday's accident means all weekend track work on the Red Line has been cancelled. The work will be rescheduled sometime later, but in the meantime, Red Line trains continue to single track between Takoma and Fort Totten during rush hour today, with plans about Red Line access along that stretch still yet to be announced for the weekend. more ›