Yellow Line Starts Ft. Totten Service on Sunday

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THIS NEW YEAR'S weekend, residents and visitors to the Green Line's Mid-City corridor — including the ever-popular U Street and redeveloping Columbia Heights and Petworth neighborhoods — will start seeing Yellow Line trains serving the Metrorail route between the Mount Vernon Square-7th Street-Convention Center and Fort Totten stations. Starting Sunday, the new Yellow Line service will run during off-peak hours and on weekends, which should quell complaints that there isn't enough train frequency to those busy neighborhoods. During the 18-month pilot study, Yellow Line trains will terminate service at Mount Vernon Square during rush hour, when Green Line service is more frequent.

» "Metro Extends Yellow Line to Fort Totten During Off-Peak Hours" [WMATA]

» METROBUS CHANGES: Starting Sunday, Metro will be implementing changes to timetables and routes on a number of Metrobus lines in the District, Maryland and Virginia. Details here.

» TRACKWORK AHEAD: While December has been largely free of trackwork, the new year will bring weekday, weeknight and weekend maintenance, including two major switch replacements affecting the Blue and Orange lines. This will include the closure of the Arlington Cemetery and Cheverly stations on certain holiday weekends. Those who commute between 10 a.m and 2 p.m. weekdays should expect single-tracking on segments of the Red, Blue, Yellow and Green lines. Metro has details here.