Metro Forward

Over the weekend, our team strengthened the Orange Line tracks by removing old rock from around the rail crossties and replacing the ties using specialized equipment. Crossties support the rails and help keep tracks secure, which improves stability and reliability. 🚇🟠

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Escalator replacement work is underway at Metro Center station’s lower platform only and will continue through April 2027 as part of Metro’s ongoing effort to replace 139 escalators across the system by 2028. The south-side escalators are currently barricaded, with the elevators and stairs available. On Monday, Nov. 16, the north-side escalators will also be barricaded. For your safety, stay clear of construction areas and follow posted signs. Learn more: wmata.com/initiatives/plans-…

New customer information screens at Dupont Circle! 👀 This is the 20th station with our new entrance displays! You can get service alerts, real-time arrivals, and other customer communications at the street level of both station entrances. Better station information is here.

Tomorrow through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Blue Line trains will single track between Van Dorn St and Franconia-Springfield for thermite welding. This process uses intense heat to join tracks, replace rail, and repair rail defects. 🚇🔵 Tomorrow through Thursday after 10 p.m., Red Line trains will single track between Union Station and Rhode Island Av while crews replace crossties and switches. Crossties support the rails and help keep tracks secure, while switches allow trains to move between tracks. 🚇🔴 While we complete late-night work on the Red Line, we will be monitoring the @Capitals and @WashWizards games, so there will be minimal impacts to customers. Learn more: wmata.com/weekday

Reminder! We’ll be here to get you home after the game. 🏈

For Mickey, Metro means freedom to get where she needs to go while staying connected to her community. 🚇🚌 “The more we’re able to support Metro, the more it will be able to support us back,” she said. You can spot Mickey throughout the system as part of our Metro Wall of Fame campaign, celebrating customers who are proud to help keep Metro moving. 🌟

Happy Halloween! 👻 You can find Skelly on the corner of 9th & C Street NE, right across from a Metro Bus stop (D24)! 🚌🚏 Are you heading out in costume today? Tag us in your Metro adventures so we can show off your spooktacular style! 🎃🧌

More homes. More destinations. More reasons to ride. When Rhode Island Av station opened in 1976, it was Metro’s first park-and-ride station. Over the years, Metro saw an opportunity to bring more people and destinations closer to transit. Working with a developer and the District of Columbia, Metro helped transform 8.5 acres of surface parking into Rhode Island Row: 274 apartments, plus shops and restaurants, completed in 2013. That joint development helped spur the corridor’s evolution with over 1,150 new homes and 115,000 square feet of retail added in the station area since 2019. That’s transit-oriented development in action: more places to live and more destinations connected by Metro. Whether you’re meeting friends at metrobar or catching a movie at Alamo Drafthouse, the Red Line gets you there. Fifty years in, Metro keeps connecting people to possibilities.

Don’t forget: clocks fall back one hour tonight. ⏰ Before you head out tomorrow, make sure your devices and alarms are set to standard time. Whether you're catching an early train, boarding a bus, or enjoying that extra hour of sleep, Metro will be ready to get you where you need to go. Clocks change, but rail service does not add an extra hour. Service ends shortly after 1:59 a.m., before clocks turn back to 1 a.m. Late-night Metro Bus customers, there may be some gaps in service during the time adjustment. Check Metro Pulse to confirm when your bus is coming: wmata.com/MetroPulse

Happy Halloween! 🦇🎃🧟👻 We have a feeling some of our customers may look a little different on Metro today. 👀 📸 Tag us in your photos! We'd love to see your Halloween spirit on the system. 🚌🚇

From superheroes to spooky characters, our customers understand the assignment. 🎃 We love seeing Halloween looks across the system. Thanks for bringing the fun aboard Metro and make sure to tag us in your photos this weekend! 👻🚇✨

Hats off to our recent graduates! 👏 We’re thrilled to welcome 71 new team members, including one training and safety instructor, two bus operations supervisors, eight line platform instructors, 19 rail vehicle operators, and 41 bus operators. Your next chapter begins at Metro. Interested in joining us? Visit wmata.com/careers.

The Spooky Bus has left the station! Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday to celebrate with us. 🚌🧟🍬 Be sure to tag us in photos of your costumes in the Metro system!

We appreciate your patience as our crews continue to work as quickly as possible to address this morning’s hydraulic fluid leak. Please follow @metrorailinfo for the latest service updates.