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Metrorail repair blitzkrieg starting up now
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/ready-or-not-metros-safetrack-maintenance-surge-is-here/2016/06/03/43244f80-2908-11e6-a3c4-0724e8e24f3f_story.htmlConsider vanpools, teleworking, bike share — but if you really, really have to take Metrorail starting this weekend, pack patience. That was the message from Metro Chief Paul J. Wiedefeld on the eve of a massive subway rebuilding project set to begin Saturday.
The SafeTrack rebuilding program is 15 projects focused on repairing specific sections of rail within the 117-mile system. But the program is expected to have a ripple effect, upending the commutes of hundreds of thousands of people across the Washington region.
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The maintenance blitz is an effort to squeeze three years of work into one. It will include a rotating slate of 15 repair and rebuilding projects to be conducted over the next year. The projects, or “surges,” are catch-up work designed to help restore the 40-year-old system to what the transit industry calls “a state of good repair.”
The first project involves 13 days of single-tracking between Ballston and East Falls Church that will mean longer waits for Orange and Silver line riders. That will be followed by a 16-day shutdown of stations between Eastern Market and Minnesota Avenue/Benning Road.
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