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Purple Line imperils Capital Crescent Trail in Bethesda
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Maryland transit planners say it's too expensive and impractical to keep the popular Capital Crescent Trail inside a downtown Bethesda tunnel alongside future Purple Line trains.
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Metro Red Line work could take three more years
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The transit agency has been working to fix safety problems that go back years, including the replacement of all track circuits and the addition of special rails to prevent derailments.
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Metro Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday schedule
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Over the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Metro will be conducting track work the Blue and Orange lines and the Red Line will be single tracking.
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Weekend Metro repairs to close 2 red line stations
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Metro is planning track work on the red, blue and green lines this weekend, and the agency says customers should add up to 30 minutes to their travel times because of the work.
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Metro sues insurance company over deadly Red Line crash
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Metro has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $13 million from its insurance company, claiming that it has failed to pay costs and extra expenses in connection with the 2009 rail crash that killed nine people.
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Weekend Metro work to close 5 Red Line stations
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Five stations on Metro's Red Line, from Glenmont to Takoma, will close this weekend for maintenance.
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Red Line shut down between Rockville and Bethesda
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The Twinbrook, White Flint, Grosvenor-Strathmore and Medical Center stations will all be closed through the end of the day on Sunday.
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Weekend Metro work affects Red, Orange Lines
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Single-tracking on the Red Line and shuttle buses (again) in Falls Church are among the delays that will last through Sunday night.
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Metro's Red Line crash spurs safety improvements
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Nearly two years ago, nine people died when two Metro trains collided outside the Fort Totten Station. Now, just days ahead of the somber anniversary, the transit agency is highlighting the safety improvements it’s made since then.
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Metro Red, Blue Line work this weekend to cause service changes
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Metro has announced temporary service changes on the Blue Line this weekend to allow Virginia officials to work on the Telegraph Road bridge near King Street station.
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Escalators out at WMATA Wheaton station, track work on Red and Yellow Lines
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The longest escalators in the Metrorail system are down, but the Wheaton WMATA station remains open Saturday morning.
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