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To help make your trip as smooth as possible, here is a list of the planned service disruptions for this week, January 30 – February 3.

Monday, January 30 – Thursday, February 2
The inspection of overhead MetroLink wires continues this week in Illinois between the Fairview Heights and Memorial Hospital stations starting at 9:30 p.m. from tonight, January 30 through Thursday, February 2. To accommodate these late night inspections, MetroLink will operate trains on a single track at the Memorial Hospital MetroLink Station until the end of service each night.

Red Line passengers may encounter 5-minute delays. Blue Line service will not be delayed by the inspections.

Friday, February 3
On Friday, February 3, MetroLink crews will replace the overhead wires near Union Station. In order to give the workers access to the wires, MetroLink will operate on a single track at Union Station and Civic Center Station starting at 8 p.m. until the end of service Friday night.

Blue Line trains will only operate from the Forest Park MetroLink Station to the Shrewsbury MetroLink Station.

Westbound Blue Line passengers traveling between the Fairview Heights MetroLink Station and the Central West End MetroLink Station, should board a Red Line train to the Forest Park MetroLink Station to catch a Blue Line train.

Eastbound Blue Line passengers traveling between the Central West End MetroLink Station and the Fairview Heights MetroLink Station, should board a Red Line train at the Forest Park station to continue eastbound.

Blue Line passengers should allow an extra 10 to 15 minutes for their commutes.