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Metrorail announces further delays to reopening of Blue and Yellow Line stations in Virginia

The six Blue and Yellow Line Metrorail stations south of the Reagan National Airport station will be closed an extra two weeks, now reopening Nov. 6 instead of Oct. 23, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Friday.

The six affected stations in Virginia are the Braddock Road, King St-Old Town, Eisenhower Ave, Huntington, Van Dorn St and Franconia-Springfield stations. The new delays were caused by construction issues for the Potomac Yard station.

The station closures started three weeks ago along with a “complex process to ensure proper signal integration, build and connect new tracks to the future Potomac Yard Station, and complete all safety critical work,” WMATA said.