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Red and Brown Line Trains Share Tracks at Fullerton Station Saturday

October 10, 2007
10/10/2007

Construction work on the new station at Fullerton will require Red and Brown Line trains to share tracks on Saturday at the Fullerton station. From 1:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 13 southbound Red Line trains will share a track with southbound Brown Line trains. Customers will board southbound Red Line trains on the same side of the platform as southbound Brown Line trains.

Northbound Red Line and Brown Line trains will operate on what are normally the southbound Red Line tracks. Customers will board northbound Brown and Red Line trains on what is normally the southbound Red Line platform.

Northbound Brown Line trains will be unable to stop at the Wellington station because they will be operating on Red Line tracks. Northbound customers who want to board at Wellington should board a southbound Brown Line train at Wellington, exit at Fullerton and board a northbound Brown Line train. Northbound customers who want to exit at Wellington should travel to Belmont and board a southbound Brown Line train to Wellington.

Customers are asked to allow extra travel time.

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