Weekend Riders To Wait Longer For Metro Trains

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Metro says riders will wait longer for some trains this weekend while the agency performs weekend work.

Metro says beginning Friday at 10 p.m. and continuing through system closing on Sunday, orange line trains will operate every 24 minutes. Blue and yellow line trains will run every 20 minutes and green line trains will run every 16 minutes.

On the red line, customers can expect trains every 15 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont, with additional trains between Van Ness and NoMa-Gallaudet from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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