Taken from
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2422Monday, January 19
Due to the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday the Metrorail system will operate on a Saturday schedule, opening at 5 a.m. and closing at 2 a.m. early on the morning of January 20. Off-peak fares will be charged and parking at Metrorail station parking facilities will be free due to the holiday, though there will be no overnight parking. Throughout the day, Metro will operate a combination of six- and eight-car trains. If necessary, depending on the size of crowds, Metro will place additional trains in service.
After midnight, all Red Line trains will operate 15 minutes apart, and all Blue, Orange, Yellow and Green Line trains will operate 20 minutes apart.
Due to security measures related to an Inauguration event, the Judiciary Square Metrorail station?s F Street entrance will close at 7 p.m. The 4th Street entrance will be open for patrons to enter and exit all day until close.
Automobiles will not be permitted to enter Metro parking lots after 11 p.m. on Monday, January 19. Vehicles parked at Metro lots must leave by 2 a.m. or by the time the station closes, soon after 2 a.m. or risk being ticketed and towed. Metro?s parking lots will reopen at 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 20.
Metrobus and MetroAccess will operate on a regular weekday schedule. Some bus routes and MetroAccess routes in downtown Washington may face delays due to traffic conditions.
People can sign up for special e-alerts, dedicated to the Inauguration, on Metro?s Web site at
http://www.wmata.com/inauguration. E-alerts will be issued when Metro has news relating to service for the Inauguration, and, perhaps more importantly, when there may be service disruptions during the course of the four-day Inauguration Weekend.
