Hopefully everyone knows by now that there will not be any Metro red line service between Fort Totten and NoMa from July 21 to September 3, 2018. The Brookland and Rhode Island Avenue stations will be closed. Red line trains will operate in two segments: (1) between Shady Grove and NoMa and (2) between Fort Totten and Glenmont. Consider using the green line at Fort Totten to get downtown and give yourself plenty of time to get wherever you need to go because this sounds like it will be kind of a mess.

At the ANC 5A special meeting on June 13, 2018, Metro officials provided additional information about the closure. See the fact sheet here: Metro Rhode Island Avenue Capital Project Fact Sheet (pdf). More information will be provided by Metro in the coming weeks.

The project is being done to “complete structural repairs at Metro’s oldest outdoor station and lower[] rail elevations to achieve ‘ADA Compliant’ boarding.” It will also include “track bed repairs and improvements to lighting and CCTV systems at Rhode Island and Brookland stations.”

Metro is asking ANCs for a resolution to support permitting Metro to work 24 hours per day, 7 days per week on the stations in order to get the work done in the allotted 45 days. Metro will need an after-hours work permit to do so. According to Metro, without the ability to work 24/7, it may need to extend the closure period. ANC 5A voted to support a resolution in favor of permitting Metro to work around-the-clock. We will update the post when we get a copy of that resolution.

From Metro’s handout:

Schedule

• June 18 to July 21 – pre-shutdown work
• July 21 to September 3 – shutdown
• July 28th weekend: Fort Totten red line closed

Customer Impact

Buses replace trains between Fort Totten and NoMa

Free shuttles

• Local (serves all closed stations)
• Brookland – Union Station
• Brookland – Gallery Place (9th & F Street NW)

Expanded Metrobus Service

• MetroExtra G9 (weekday service)

Regular Service

• Metrobus Route P6
• Metrobus Route G8
• Metrobus Route 80

Station Access

• Pedestrian Walkthrough at Brookland station will remain open
• Pedestrian bridge over CSX tracks will remain open
• Rhode Island Avenue pedestrian bridge open but may need to close temporarily depending on structural work