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Silver Spring: Magnet for Metro Trackwork
Comparison finds high frequency of trackwork between Takoma and Forest Glen on the Red Line, with Silver Spring right in the middle.
If it seems like Silver Spring suffers from more of those irksome weekend delays due to Metro trackwork than other places in the transit system, the numbers are on your side.
The Silver Spring Metro station sits between two sections of track that rank in the top 10 in the Metrorail system for the freqency of weekend trackwork done there from May 1, 2012, to April 30, 2013, according to an analysis by Matt Johnson on Greater Greater Washington.
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Takoma to Silver Spring ranks No. 5, and Silver Spring to Forest Glen ranks No. 6.
Head over to Greater Greater Washington to see a map and more analysis.
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