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We know many of you are excited and ready for Metro service to resume at the Grand Bridge. The transit-related construction work is progressing. Here’s the latest and pictures taken today. Metro Transit service will be restored to the Grand Bridge and the Grand MetroLink Station approximately one month following the opening of the bridge. [...]

It’s time again for a Grand MetroLink Station project update, don’t you think? The mild weather we’ve been having has been a boon, but no construction project ever counts on the fine weather to last forever. So let’s talk about the project status element by element: The Platform: The platform is very close to being [...]

Ongoing construction work near two MetroLink stations will affect the evening commute times for some Red Line and Blue Line customers this week. Metro will operate trains on a single track three nights this week. Starting tonight, January 3, at 8 p.m. through the end of service tonight, Wednesday night, and Friday night, MetroLink will implement single track [...]

UPDATE: East Riverfront Station single-track operations is cancelled for Wednesday, Dec. 21. Grand Bridge single track will continue as scheduled. In order to accommodate construction near two MetroLink Stations, Metro will operate trains on a single track three evenings this week. Tonight, tomorrow night, and Friday night, beginning at 8 p.m. through the end of service each [...]

If you’ve looked out the window from your MetroLink train as you pass the closed Grand Station, you may have noticed the landscape is changing and some new structures are coming into view. Recently, Metro contractors used a crane to lift and position the steel elevator towers on their pads. The construction activity is one of the first visible signs [...]

The contractor for the construction of the Grand Boulevard Bridge needs to perform work over the MetroLink alignment near the Grand Station later this week. In order to perform this work, MetroLink will single track at the Grand MetroLink Station this Thursday and Friday night beginning at 8 p.m. until the end of service. Here’s [...]

You know those “Progress as Promised” signs you sometimes see at big construction projects? Well, this blog post is Metro’s “progress as promised” sign on the Grand station project. If you ride MetroLink past the closed Grand stop, you may have noticed a lot of work progressing on the new park-ride lot. “Great,” you might [...]

Metro officials have announced the #70 Grand MetroBus Route will not return to the Grand MetroLink Station for the duration of the new Grand Bridge project. The #70 Grand MetroBus which has been rerouted to Union Station since May 23rd serves more passengers than any other MetroBus route.  All MetroLink customers who wish to board [...]

The Grand MetroLink Station will not reopen on Monday, June 6, 2011, as planned. It will remain closed until further notice. Construction work on the Grand Bridge continues to restrict pedestrian traffic near the station and the safety of passengers at the station is Metro’s primary concern. MetroLink trains will continue to travel through the Grand Bridge construction [...]

Construction work on the new Grand Boulevard Bridge will force the temporary closure of the Grand MetroLink Station starting next week. The station will be closed from Monday, May 23, 2011 through Sunday, June 5, 2011. The station will reopen on Monday, June 6. During the closure, the #70 Grand MetroBus will be rerouted to [...]