A series of weekend closures at the Crystal City and Reagan National Airport Metro stations is taking place between February and June.
Blue and Yellow Line trains won’t run in affected areas during the closures, which are for passenger and crew safety during the construction of a second entrance to the Crystal City station.
Instead, the lines will operate in two “segments” connected by free shuttle buses, according to a press release from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
The Crystal City station will be closed for the following 10 weekends between Feb. 14 and June 21.
- Feb. 14-16 (three-day closure)
- Feb. 21-22
- Feb. 28 to March 1
- March 7-8
- May 9-10
- May 16-17
- May 30-31
- June 6-7
- June 13-14
- June 19-21 (three-day closure)
The National Airport station, meanwhile, will be closed for the following three weekends.
- March 7-8
- May 9-10
- May 16-17
Feb-June, weekend construction impacts travel to @Reagan_Airport. Trains won’t run between Pentagon City & the airport for 10 weekends to build a second entrance at Crystal City to support ridership. Shuttle buses replace trains at affected stations. https://t.co/mdrxUh5y9j pic.twitter.com/E8FTjlPh6P
— Metro Forward (@wmata) January 12, 2026
The second Crystal City entrance at the northwest corner of Crystal Drive and 18th Street S. which broke ground in July 2024, is expected to open in spring 2027, according to WMATA.
It will be located two blocks east of the existing entrance at 18th Street S. and S. Bell Street. The $146.1 million project is meant to improve access to local bus stops, including the Crystal Drive Transitway; a planned Amtrak station; a planned pedestrian bridge leading into Reagan National Airport; the Mount Vernon Trail; and Crystal Drive bike lanes.
Street-level detours have already been in effect to support construction:
- Two northbound lanes are open on Crystal Drive and one southbound lane is shared between vehicle and bike traffic
- On 18th Street South, bike and vehicle traffic share one lane in each direction
- Lane closures and pedestrian detours are marked with signs
