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The Washington Post, 12/15:
 

Metro board cuts late-night service for two years — with a last-minute compromise

 

Metro’s board of directors voted Thursday to cut late-night service hours for a two-year period starting next summer. 

 

Under the final schedule, rail service will shut down at 11:30 p.m. from Monday to Thursday nights, 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, and 11 p.m. Sunday nights. The system will also open later on Sunday mornings: 8 a.m., instead of the current weekend opening time at 7 a.m.

 

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WTOP radio, 12/15:
 

Metro compromise cuts hours every day of the week

 

WASHINGTON — Metro trains will run fewer hours each day under a new service schedule that the transit agency’s board approved on Thursday.

 

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Under the new schedule, Metrorail will close at 11:30 p.m. on weeknights and at 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Trains will run from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sundays. The new schedule begins in July.

 

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The Washington Post, 5/24/18:
 

With quiet formality, Metro continues another year of late-night service cuts

 

 

With little comment or fanfare, the Metro board voted Thursday to continue the existing schedule of reduced late-night hours, a legal formality as the region enters its second year of codified service cutbacks.

 

It’s been two years since the region had regularly scheduled late-night service, when the system closed at midnight on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends. 

 

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The June 2017 resolution requires Metro to provide a track-repair progress report to the board halfway through the two-year period as a prerequisite for continuing the limited hours.

 

 

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