Metro Considering Cutting Trains from Four Lines to Speed Up Blue Line: Report

Metro plans to unveil plans to cut trains from four lines in order to speed up service on the Blue Line, according to a report by WAMU.

The Blue Line is reportedly the most crowded on the Metro.

To make it less crowded, the Metro would run trains less frequently on four other lines: the Green, Yellow, Orange, and Silver lines, during peak travel periods, according to the report by WAMU.

The goal is to shrink wait times on the Blue Line from 12 minutes to eight minutes. Metro officials plan to unveil the proposal before Metro’s Riders Advisory Council Wednesday night.

Metro will survey riders, hold public hearings before asking its board of directors to sign off on the proposal in the fall. Any changes that are approved would not be seen until December, a spokeswoman said.