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Transportation Advisory: COVID-19 Update - Metro to Close 17 Additional Metrorail Stations and Selected Entrances effective Thursday, March 26, 2020
Effective Thursday, March 26, 2020, Metro will close additional 17 Metrorail stations and selected entrance in an effort to conserve critical resources and protect the health and safety of Metro employees and the public. This follows drastic measures already taken to reduce travel on Metro to essential trips only, leading to a Metrorail ridership decline of 90 percent. Please note that the closure list DOES NOT INCLUDE the Pentagon, Pentagon City, Crystal City and Rosslyn Metrorail stations. Franconia-Springfield and King Street Metrorail Stations where there are shuttle connections to the Mark Center are also not included. These stations remain open.
Beginning on Thursday, March 26, Metro will close 17 additional stations following the closures of Smithsonian and Arlington Cemetery stations last week. The 19 stations will remain closed until further notice and trains will pass through without stopping.
The following stations within walking distance or close proximity (less than one mile) to an adjacent station will be closed:
-Federal Center SW - use L'Enfant Plaza or Capitol South -Federal Triangle - use Metro Center -Mt Vernon Sq, Judiciary Sq, Archives - use Gallery Place-Chinatown -Greensboro - use Spring Hill or Tysons Corner -Eisenhower Ave - use King St-Old Town -Virginia Square - use Ballston -Cleveland Park - use Woodley Park or Van Ness
With Metrorail ridership down 90 percent, the following stations with extremely low-ridership will also be closed:
-Grosvenor-Strathmore (230 trips yesterday) -Cheverly (159 trips yesterday) -Clarendon (299 trips yesterday) -East Falls Church (239 trips yesterday) -College Park (325 trips yesterday) -McLean (148 trips yesterday) -Morgan Boulevard (322 trips yesterday) -Van Dorn St (404 trips yesterday)
Even with the station closures, four out of five Metrorail stations (72 of 91) will remain open for essential travel only.
Metro will also close some station entrances to conserve cleaning supplies and create additional workforce flexibility. The stations will remain open for customers to enter and exit from other available entrances.
-Anacostia - Entrance serving parking garage at Howard Rd north of the Anacostia Freeway closed; bus bay side open -Farragut North - SW corner of L St & Connecticut Ave closed; 2 other entrances open -Dupont Circle - South Entrance 19th St & Connecticut Ave closed; Q Street (north) entrance open -Metro Center - 12th & F sts entrance closed; 3 other entrances open -Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - North entrance closed (Terminal C); South station entrance (Terminal B) open -U Street - Memorial side U St & Vermont Ave closed; 13th & U sts entrance open -Gallery Place--Chinatown - 9th St & G St entrance closed; 2 other entrances open -L'Enfant Plaza - 7th & D sts entrance closed; Maryland Ave & 9th & D sts entrances open -Friendship Heights - Jennifer St entrance closed; Western Ave entrance open
For complete details, please visit https://www.wmata.com/about/news/COVID-19-Service-Update-4-Station-Closures.cfm#main-content.
Effective Thursday, March 26, 2020, Metro will close additional 17 Metrorail stations and selected entrance in an effort to conserve critical resources and protect the health and safety of Metro employees and the public. This follows drastic measures already taken to reduce travel on Metro to essential trips only, leading to a Metrorail ridership decline of 90 percent. Please note that the closure list DOES NOT INCLUDE the Pentagon, Pentagon City, Crystal City and Rosslyn Metrorail stations. Franconia-Springfield and King Street Metrorail Stations where there are shuttle connections to the Mark Center are also not included. These stations remain open.
Beginning on Thursday, March 26, Metro will close 17 additional stations following the closures of Smithsonian and Arlington Cemetery stations last week. The 19 stations will remain closed until further notice and trains will pass through without stopping.
The following stations within walking distance or close proximity (less than one mile) to an adjacent station will be closed:
-Federal Center SW - use L'Enfant Plaza or Capitol South -Federal Triangle - use Metro Center -Mt Vernon Sq, Judiciary Sq, Archives - use Gallery Place-Chinatown -Greensboro - use Spring Hill or Tysons Corner -Eisenhower Ave - use King St-Old Town -Virginia Square - use Ballston -Cleveland Park - use Woodley Park or Van Ness
With Metrorail ridership down 90 percent, the following stations with extremely low-ridership will also be closed:
-Grosvenor-Strathmore (230 trips yesterday) -Cheverly (159 trips yesterday) -Clarendon (299 trips yesterday) -East Falls Church (239 trips yesterday) -College Park (325 trips yesterday) -McLean (148 trips yesterday) -Morgan Boulevard (322 trips yesterday) -Van Dorn St (404 trips yesterday)
Even with the station closures, four out of five Metrorail stations (72 of 91) will remain open for essential travel only.
Metro will also close some station entrances to conserve cleaning supplies and create additional workforce flexibility. The stations will remain open for customers to enter and exit from other available entrances.
-Anacostia - Entrance serving parking garage at Howard Rd north of the Anacostia Freeway closed; bus bay side open -Farragut North - SW corner of L St & Connecticut Ave closed; 2 other entrances open -Dupont Circle - South Entrance 19th St & Connecticut Ave closed; Q Street (north) entrance open -Metro Center - 12th & F sts entrance closed; 3 other entrances open -Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - North entrance closed (Terminal C); South station entrance (Terminal B) open -U Street - Memorial side U St & Vermont Ave closed; 13th & U sts entrance open -Gallery Place--Chinatown - 9th St & G St entrance closed; 2 other entrances open -L'Enfant Plaza - 7th & D sts entrance closed; Maryland Ave & 9th & D sts entrances open -Friendship Heights - Jennifer St entrance closed; Western Ave entrance open
For complete details, please visit https://www.wmata.com/about/news/COVID-19-Service-Update-4-Station-Closures.cfm#main-content.