Yellow Line Service Follow Up: Alternative Service Options

Several Alternative Travel Options Available While Yellow Line Service is Suspended

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YELLOW LINE PASSENGERS: As you may recall, back in March the WMATA announced they are suspending Yellow Line service across the Potomac between Pentagon and L’Enfant stations for eight months, starting Sept. 10th, 2022. You can see my blog post about it here: Yellow Line Service Disruptions. As promised, I wanted to provide you with information for alternative service options while the Yellow Line is suspended.

WMATA is providing several travel alternatives over the next eight months. This includes free shuttle bus service, alternative rail routes, free passage on the Virginia Railway Express (VRE), and Northern Virginia supplemental services from DASH, OmniRide, and Fairfax Connector. Riders can plan ahead by visiting the project’s Service Impacts and Travel Alternatives information webpage now.

The work to the Yellow Line will happen over two phases. Below you will find Yellow Line specific travel alternatives for each phase.

Phase One Travel Options-Sept. 10 - Oct. 22, 2022

Free Shuttle Service:

Seven free shuttles will be offered during Phase One, including local and express shuttles in Virginia and three limited-stop shuttles crossing the Potomac River.

• Local shuttles will be available during all Metrorail operating hours.

• Yellow Line Local

• Express shuttles will be available most of the day (from 4:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. weekends).

• Yellow Line Express: Huntington-Pentagon

• Express shuttles will be available most of the day (from 4:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. weekends).

• Yellow Line Express: Huntington-Pentagon

Limited shuttles will be available during weekday rush hours only.

• VA-DC Shuttle 3: Mt. Vernon-Potomac Park (former 11Y Route) (5 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)

• Peak direction is toward Washington, DC in the morning and toward Virginia in the afternoon

• The shuttle stops at several locations in Alexandria along the George Washington Parkway, including Huntington Point, Franklin Street, King Street, and Pendleton Street. In Washington, D.C., stops are near the McPherson Square Station at 14th and I Streets, NW, and near the Farragut West Station at 19th and I Streets

Rail Service:

• No Yellow Line service, but Yellow Line stations north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Station will be served by the Blue or Green lines

Note: If 7000-series trains remain out of service, trains will operate less frequently

Virginia Railway Express (VRE):

• VRE passengers will ride free during September and between certain stations in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia during October. The decision to suspend fares will make VRE a more viable option for Metrorail riders during the closure of Blue and Yellow Line stations south of Reagan National Airport for those returning to work post-Labor Day.

DASH Bus (Fare Free)

• Line 35: Service between Van Dorn Metro, Yoakum Pkwy, Beauregard St, and Pentagon Metro

• Line 103:  Service between Braddock Metro, Russell Rd, Glebe Rd, and Pentagon Metro

• Line 104: Service between Braddock Metro, Cameron Mills Dr, Parkfairfax, and Pentagon Metro

 

OmniRide/PRTC

• Route D-100: Service between Dale City and Downtown Washington

• Route L-100: Service between Lake Ridge and Downtown Washington

• Route D-200: Service between Dale City, Pentagon, and Rosslyn/Ballston

• Route L-200: Service between Lake Ridge, Pentagon, and Crystal City

• Route D-300: Service between Dale City, Pentagon, and Washington Navy Yard

• RS South Route 1: Service between Triangle, Dumfries, Woodbridge, Pentagon, and Downtown Washington

• MC Montclair: Service between Montclair, Pentagon, and Downtown Washington

 

Reagan National Airport (DCA) Traveler Information:

Free Shuttle Service:

• Travel options from the six closed stations:

• Yellow Line Local customers should transfer to the Blue Line Local at King St-Old Town Station.

Phase Two Travel Options-Oct. 23, 2022 - May 2023

Free Shuttle Service:

Metro will continue to provide three limited-stop shuttles crossing the Potomac River during weekday rush hours only.

 

• VA-DC Shuttle 3: Mt. Vernon-Potomac Park (former 11Y Route) (5:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. and 3:10 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.)
  Service between Mt. Vernon, Alexandria, and Potomac Park every 20 minutes. Peak direction service only.

• Peak direction is toward Washington, DC in the morning and toward Virginia in the afternoon

The shuttle stops at several locations in Alexandria along the George Washington Parkway, including Huntington Point, Franklin Street, King Street, and Pendleton Street. In Washington, D.C., stops are near the McPherson Square Station at 14th and I Streets, NW, and near the Farragut West Station at 19th and I Streets

Rail Service:

• All stations will reopen, and service will resume south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Station

• Yellow Line stations will be served by the Blue or Green lines

If there are any changes or updates regarding these alternative travel options I will be sure to let you know in a timely manner. Thank you for your flexibility during this time as we continue to better transportation in our community.