This year, both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fall during the middle of the week, so you might be curious how the holiday impacts the metro and other public transit around the District.
Fortunately, we’ve got you covered with a simple yet comprehensive guide to the metro and public transit hours around Washington, D.C., for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day:
Metro & public transit hours on Christmas Eve
On Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24th, the Metro will follow its standard weekday schedule, meaning there will be no deviations from the standard routes or times that you would expect on any Wednesday.
The same applies to the bus routes around the District, which operate as usual, even into the late evening.
Metro & public transit hours on Christmas Day
On Christmas Day, the Metro will follow its typical Sunday schedule, which means that the train routes will not follow their typical mid-week schedule that you would normally see on a Thursday.
The Metro’s approximate service window will be from around 7 am to Midnight, with some routes having reduced service.
The same Sunday service schedule will be applied to the bus routes as well, which means that select routes may experience reduced volume or some may not even run at all.
How to check your planned public transit route on Christmas Day
If you need to travel via public transit on Christmas Day, whether it be with the bus or on the Metro, you can easily plug in your planned route into the Trip Planner tool on the WMATA website.
Using this tool, you can plug in the address, station, or landmark that you want to visit, the time you want to leave or arrive at, and even how far you’re willing to walk, and it will tell you exactly how to get where you’re trying to go step by step.