Plans
On November 16, 1995, WMATA and the developer of the Potomac Yard area of Alexandria, Virginia, signed an agreement to construct a new station between Braddock Road and National Airport that will be financed by the developer. As of February 2011, WMATA was taking public comments in order to prepare a draft environmental impact statement for the station. A second improvement project involves building a pedestrian tunnel to interconnect the Gallery Place station with Metro Center. A July 2005 study proposed connecting the eastern mezzanine of Metro Center with the western mezzanine of Gallery Place that are only one block apart. The proposed connection would reduce the number of passengers that use the Red Line to transfer between the Yellow Line and the Blue and Orange lines at Metro Center. As of 2011, the project remains unfunded.
Beginning on June 18, 2012 Metro initiated its "Rush+" service plan, which had been under consideration for some time. This plan is intended to clear congestion at Rosslyn Station, where the Blue and Orange lines meet and ultimately prepare the tracks to accommodate the Silver Line. Under the plan, Blue Line trains to continue on the usual route but Yellow Line trains now originate at Franconia–Springfield and are routed over the Fenwick Bridge to Greenbelt. During rush hour there are now fewer Blue Line trains on the tracks which can mean potentially increased wait times for regular Blue Line customers. Furthermore, some Orange Line trains are now routed to Largo Town Center.
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