Riders at rush hour at the Farragut North Metrorail station on the Red Line. Credit: WMATA Photograph by Larry Levine
In response to the growing coronavirus pandemic, the Metro transportation system announced it will be reducing service until further notice, beginning Monday, March 16, in an effort to help protect Metro’s employees and customers.
Metro will be reducing Metrorail trains to every 12 minutes on each line, Monday through Friday, and operate normal hours, opening at 5 a.m. Trains will be running on Saturday every 12 minutes from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. and Sunday the trains will run every 15 minutes, with service from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Weekday bus service will operate on a Saturday supplemental schedule and Sunday service will remain the same.
