Alert: Metro Bus Service Changes District Of Columbia Effective March 30, 2008

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has advised us of the following changes to the following routes effective Sunday March 30, 2008. For more information on Metrobus or Metrorail changes or service update please visit the website at www.wmata.com, or call 202-637-7000.

• Navy Yard Shuttle Line, Route N22 - Weekday service will be extended from 7 PM to 10:30 PM.  New Saturday service will be established to operate from 11 AM to 10:30 PM.  New Sunday service will be established to operate from 11 AM to 5 PM.  The frequency of service will be every 10 minutes at all times.  Trips operating after 5:30 PM on weekdays and all day on Saturdays and Sundays will follow a shortened route by eliminating the loop from 8th & M Streets SE to 12th & M Streets SE and back to 8th & M Streets SE. The route in the vicinity of Union Station will be changed at all times to operate regular route from Navy Yard Station to the intersection of Louisiana Avenue & North Capitol Street, then left on North Capitol Street, right on Massachusetts Avenue, right on E Street, left on North Capitol Street, right on Louisiana Avenue and continue regular route to Navy Yard.  This route change will relocate the stop at Union Station to the south side of Massachusetts Avenue, across the street from the current stop.

• Georgia Avenue MetroExtra Line, Route 79 - New weekday midday service will be scheduled to operate every 12 minutes from 9:30 AM to 3 PM.  PM peak period service will be extended from 6:30 PM to 7 PM at a 12-minute frequency.

• U Street - Garfield Line, Routes 92, 93 - On weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, the early morning southbound trips that begin at 8th & L Streets SE will be extended to begin at U & 14th Streets NW and the late night northbound trips that end at 8th & L Streets SE will be extended to end at U & 14th Streets NW.

• Anacostia - Congress Heights Line, Route A6 - The northbound trip leaving Livingston at 2:15 AM on weekdays and Saturdays will be extended from Half & M Streets SE to 10th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

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