INTERVIEW – TOM ROUSSEY – Reporter covering DC, MD & VA for ABC7

• ROUSSEY: Metro Summer Shutdown: Why Metro’s station closures are bringing complications to travelers this summer.  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (ABC7) — Since the Metro summer shutdown began on Saturday, trains are no longer running south from Reagan National Airport. They are only heading north. The six stations south of Reagan are closed through September 8th so crews can replace their platforms. ABC7 went to Reagan Airport’s Metro station Monday to see how things were going. Although there have been a number of Metro employees helping riders at all the shutdown stations, it seemed like Reagan had more than the others. The employees helped direct riders to the shuttle buses that have replaced trains at the airport. Help is especially needed at the airport, since many people from out of town know very little about Metro to begin with, let alone that it has six stations shut down. Still, tourists and locals, we talked to generally had good things to say to us about the help they were receiving.
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