Post-Thanksgiving Metro Project Impacts Alexandria Riders

Alexandria riders should prepare for Metro track work disruptions immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. From Monday, Nov. 26 to Sunday, Dec. 9, Yellow Line service in Northern Virginia and DC will be halted. During the two-week period, Metro will be repairing the Yellow Line Bridge between the Pentagon and L'Enfant Plaza stations.

Customers should use the Blue Line as an alternative to travel to and from DC. Blue Line trains will go between Franconia-Springfield and Largo Town Center and between Huntington and Largo Town Center. Riders should expect crowding.

On weekdays, Blue Line trains will run every 16 minutes (every 20 minutes after 8 p.m.). Trains are expected to be less frequent during rush hours due to capacity limits in the Rosslyn tunnel. The weekend schedule is every 16-20 minutes.

Customers can utilize free shuttle buses or consider Metrobus and Virginia Railway Express from Franconia-Springfield, Crystal City or King Street to L'Enfant Plaza or Union Station.

Free shuttle bus offerings are:

• Between Franconia-Springfield and Pentagon, connecting to L'Enfant Plaza from opening to 8 p.m.
• Nonstop between Franconia-Springfield and L'Enfant Plaza during rush hour only
• Between Crystal City and L'Enfant Plaza during rush hour only

The higher non-rider parking fees will be waived during the Nov. 26-Dec. 9 work period at Huntington and Franconia-Springfield stations.

Metro's other lines will run normally, with the exception of the Dec. 1-2 weekend. Shuttle buses will replace Green Line trains between Mount Vernon Square and Navy Yard-Ballpark. Archives, Waterfront and the platforms at Gallery Place and L'Enfant Plaza stations will be closed.

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