“METRO is never thinking of rail as a regional system it is a part of a regional system,” Shelton said. Officials with the Houston-area METRO agency, meanwhile, always have a destination or set of destinations in mind when planning their system. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit agency, or DART, conceived of rail as a regional system that should cover as much area as possible without particular concern for reaching specific destinations, said Kyle Shelton, postdoctoral fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research. It relies on express buses – not rail – to bring residents in from the suburbs. The Houston system is small by comparison, with lines built in the already-dense city center, with trains arriving every few minutes to minimize wait times. While both have enthusiastically embraced the transit mode, Texas’s two largest cities occupy extreme ends of two philosophies on how, exactly, rail-based transit should work.ĭallas has built its light rail system far and wide, stretching into far-flung suburban park-and-ride stations to bring commuters into the city center at high speeds. Customers traveling to stations between Georgia Ave and Greenbelt should use Greenbelt-bound trains, or transfer at Georgia Ave to the next train toward Greenbelt.To say Dallas and Houston have different approaches to transit rail is an understatement.Trains will operate from Branch Ave to Georgia Ave, with every other train operating to Greenbelt.Single tracking between Fort Totten and Hyattsville Crossing.
Green Line Trains every 8 minutes between Branch Ave and Georgia Ave every 16 minutes between Georgia Ave and Greenbelt.Ĭustomers are advised that masks are welcome but no longer required on Metrorail, Metrobus, MetroAccess and in Metro stations and facilities. Huntington, Eisenhower Ave, King St-Old Town, Braddock Rd stations closed. Single tracking between East Falls Church and West Falls Church/McLean. Silver Line Orange Line Trains every 15 minutes.
Franconia-Springfield, Van Dorn St., King St - Old Town, and Braddock Rd stations closed.
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Free shuttle buses are being provided.īlue Line& Blue Line+ Trains every 15 minutes operating between National Airport and New Carrollton/Largo Town Center only. In addition, there will be no Yellow Line service until May 2023 due to the rehabilitation of the Yellow Line tunnel and bridge over the Potomac River. Trains will serve 85 of 91 stations, operating normal or near normal service frequencies to most stations with scheduled maintenance on all lines.Ĭustomers are reminded that Metro has major construction on the Blue and Yellow lines, closing six stations south of Reagan National Airport - Braddock Rd, King St-Old Town, Eisenhower Ave, Huntington, Van Dorn St and Franconia-Springfield - through November 5. 15 through Sunday, October 16, Metrorail will open at 7 a.m. Summary of weekend service adjustments for Saturday, Oct. to reflect cancellation of Red Line work. Metrorail weekend service adjustments for Saturday, Oct.
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