After several years of study, the transit authority has decided how it wants to rearrange the Metrorail trains . Now Metro’s task is to explain this new rush-hour service so people can take advantage of it, or at least avoid getting lost. What’s changing? Starting in June, the peak period service will include more Orange Line trains coming from the line’s western end in Northern Virginia into downtown Washington. Fewer Blue Line trains will serve the downtown’s west side. More trains from Northern Virginia will serve the downtown’s east side. Those trains will arrive in the District at L’Enfant Plaza and continue north to Greenbelt in Prince George’s County . Read full article > >

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Metrorail adjusting the rush-hour ride

Officials building the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport are appealing a Fairfax County decision that they say would delay the first phase of the project by about eight months and cost up to $300,000 a day in penalties. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority , which is supervising the rail project, is seeking approval for the location of a control room to manage the switches and signals that would transfer trains from the Orange Line to the extension, commonly known as the Silver Line . Read full article > >

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Location of control room could delay Dulles rail