Some Metro stations (inc. National Airport) closed over Labor Day weekend

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Sep 1st, 2009, 03:34 PM

tahl

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Some Metro stations (inc. National Airport) *closed* over Labor Day weekend

Visitors and locals planning to use the Metro stations at Reagan National Airport, Crystal City, or Pentagon City this weekend should take a look at this WaPost article:
http://tinyurl.com/nfear2

The stations will be closed (that means you can't get on & off the trains there, though trains will keep passing through the closed stations) from about 9:30 Friday night until about 5pm Monday.

Sep 1st, 2009, 03:36 PM

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Sorry, correction to my own post: story says they'll be closed until 5am Tuesday (so, longer than I wrote above).

Sep 2nd, 2009, 07:32 AM

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Boy, am I glad I found this. 10 of us are leaving tomorrow for DC and were planning on taking the Metro to and from the airport. so we are good for tomorrow but will have to cab it Monday. thank you for posting...

Sep 2nd, 2009, 08:31 AM

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Lori,

With 10 people (!), it may be cheaper and quicker to taxi anyway...

Sep 2nd, 2009, 02:45 PM

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I agree about the taxi with a big group like that.

Anyone interested should go to the Metro website -- www.wmata.com -- to read the latest press releases closely. Check over on the right edge of the page for them. I see that I misinterpreted the early press coverage and that trains will *not* be passing through the closed stations; if I'm now understanding correctly, there will instead be shuttle bus service around the closed chunk of line.