Weekend Wakeup: Thanksgiving and Black Friday transportation

Thursday - 11/22/2012, 3:40am ET

WASHINGTON - The best news for those traveling in the region on Thanksgiving: D.C. and Montgomery County residents don't need to feed the meter.

As for the rest:

Residents planning to ride Metro on Thanksgiving Day should give themselves extra time as trains and buses will be running on a Sunday schedule.

Regular operations will resume Friday, but there won't be any track work until Sunday evening.

From Metro:

Metrorail will open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight. Off-peak fares will be in effect all day, and parking will be free at Metro-operated facilities.
MetroAccess will operate during the same hours as Metrorail and Metrobus. Subscription trips will be cancelled.

More transportation changes around the region to note:

MARC won't run on Thursday or Friday.
On Friday, VRE will run on the "S" schedule.
Ride On will operates on a Sunday schedule for Thanksgiving and resume normal service Friday.
Rush hour lanes rules won't be in effect for D.C. on Thanksgiving, but will will resume on Friday.
Services like DASH will have special Black Friday service.

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