Metro to suspend overnight bus service; modified service planned Tuesday as weather impacts continue

Due to ongoing weather impacts and road conditions across the region, Metro will suspend all Metro Bus service at midnight tonight. No overnight bus service will be available.

Metro will operate modified service on Tuesday, Jan. 27, continuing to assess conditions throughout the day and expand service as safety allows.

On Tuesday, Jan. 27, service is planned as follows:

Rail service
Metro Rail will begin service at 6 a.m. and operate on a weekend schedule, with trains running approximately every 15 to 30 minutes depending on staffing and fleet availability. Service frequency is expected to increase throughout the day.

Bus service
Metro Bus will announce at 4:30 a.m. service patterns that will begin at 6 a.m. Bus will operate a weekday schedule, ramping up to reinstate routes as roads become passable.

Customers should check wmata.com/snow before traveling for route-specific service information.

Metro Access service
Metro Access will provide all life-sustaining trips throughout the day. Non-medical Metro Access trips will begin after 8 a.m., if conditions allow.

Metro will continue coordinating with local and state partners and monitoring road and weather conditions across the region. Service adjustments will be made throughout the day as conditions improve.

About Metro

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), known as Metro, is the region's leading public transportation provider, serving a population of approximately four million people across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia within a 2,054-square-mile jurisdiction. With a network of six rail lines, 98 stations, 126 bus routes, and a door-to-door paratransit service, Metro is the second busiest transit system in the United States serving 268.9 million trips in 2025 with a $5 billion operating and capital budget. Since 2022, Metro has completed multiple transit-oriented development projects that have brought $15 million in tax revenue to the region from housing, office, and retail space in our community. Safety and security are core values at Metro. Over 30,000 cameras monitor the system, and Metro currently has the lowest crime rate in history with fare evasion on rail and bus declining. In 2025, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) named Metro the Transit Agency of the Year in recognition of industry-leading ridership growth, record high customer satisfaction, a newly redesigned Bus network, expanded rail service, and improved customer experience.