Metro plans to shut down the rail station at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on the weekend before Thanksgiving as part of a plan to overhaul the 35-year-old rail system. The transit agency released a yearlong calendar of planned track work on Wednesday, outlining when it will shut down stations and shuttle riders past the disruptions via bus.
The shutdowns will occur nearly every weekend as part of a new strategy as Metro undertakes a massive rebuilding program, with the first closures starting Aug. 6-7 at the Medical Center, Grosvenor-Strathmore, White Flint and Twinbrook stations on the Red Line. The idea is intended to be safer and more efficient than forcing trains to share a single track, though that technique will continue as well.
