Light Rail Opens: Schedules for 27-31 December 2008

Our good friend and supporter Nick Bastian of RailLife.com has been following METRO's progress and is excited to see it open up in a week. He wrote an excellent post summarizing highlights of the Grand Opening and just today, he wrote another excellent post talking about hours of operation in METRO's first week.

Some highlights:

• SATURDAY DECEMBER 27: Grand opening! METRO's hours of operation will be 10a-8p with station celebrations happening from 10a-5p.
• SUNDAY DECEMBER 28: 10a-6p.
• MONDAY DECEMBER 29: Normal hours of operation, with the first train starting from either end at 4.40am and the last train leaving from either end at 11.00pm
• TUESDAY DECEMBER 30: Normal hours of operation (see above)
• WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 31: Normal hours of operation, but the last train will leave from either end at 2am January 1 to accommodate New Year's revelers.

The best part: ride METRO for free in 2008! Fare service begins at 4.40am January 1.

Thanks again to Nick Bastian for compiling all this for us! We can't wait for METRO to open up!

Cheers-
Edward Jensen