Attention, Metro Riders: A Huge Change to the Surge Schedule Is Coming Soon

It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing for Metro since starting the SafeTrack plan to fix chronic safety problems throughout the rail system, and WMATA will be releasing a new schedule soon for its last six "Surges," according to a spokesperson.

Metro's website used to list dates for all 15 Surges ever since SafeTrack was announced, but recently it removed the dates for Surges 10 through 15, posting the following notice on the site: "The dates and sequence of the surges below are subject to change. A revised schedule will be provided by mid-September."

That new schedule likely will be released "within the next two weeks," Metro spokesperson Richard Jordan told Patch.com Sept. 8.

Metro has been struggling with numerous problems since the start of SafeTrack, the worst of which was a derailment near the East Falls Church station last month on the Orange and Silver lines due to deteriorated track ties that shut down the station for days.

Since then, Surges have been adjusted significantly, with many of them including entire line segment shutdowns during the weekend when before it was only supposed to include single-tracking.

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