RESTON, VA — WMATA had quite the news dump on Friday: a new statement indicates that a whopping five Orange Line stations will close for a full month, and the agency is slashing Silver Line service to Wiehle-Reston East in half.

WUSA 9 reporter Pete Muntean tweeted that WMATA board members weren't even notified of the sudden change, and there have been no station announcements. The statement was also released late on Friday. The following stations will be closed May 16 through June 15, all on the Maryland side: Minnesota, Deanwood, Cheverly, Landover, and New Carrollton. In addition, Orange Line stations in D.C. and Arlington County will have a 20 to 25 percent reduction in service, and Silver Line trains between Wiehle-Reston East and Stadium-Armory will be slashed in half during the surge, running every 12 minutes during rush hour.

The Orange Line shutdown will cut service downtown, but Largo SV trains will run to Vienna instead of Wiehle: https://t.co/hjllkCCUI1 #WMATA pic.twitter.com/MLZCV81rY8

— Max Smith (@amaxsmith) April 28, 2017 "Metro today announced service information for the final two SafeTrack surges on the Orange and Red lines," the Metro statement reads. "In order to minimize the customer impact elsewhere on the system and to maximize productivity, the surges, which were originally planned as continuous single tracking, will instead be "line segment shutdowns," where buses will replace trains at selected stations." Buses will replace Orange Line trains between New Carrollton and Stadium-Armory stations.