MERRFIELD VA — Northern Virginia Post Offices will be adjusting operational hours for the Christmas and New Years holidays as follows:
Delivery Operations
- All post offices will provide normal delivery services on Friday, December 24 and Friday, December 31.
- There will be no delivery Saturday, December 25 or Saturday, January 1 except for Premium Express Mail Service.
- Normal delivery operations resume Monday, January 3.
Post Office Retail Operations
- Customer traffic at postal retail counters decreases significantly the day before Christmas and New Years holiday. All retail units will close at 12:00 noon on Friday, December 24 and Friday, December 31 with the exception of the Merrifield retail unit which will close at 5:00 PM.
- All retail units will be closed on Saturday, December 25th and Saturday, January 1
- To assist customers with their holiday mailing needs, many retail units will extend hours during the holiday season:
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Late Hours Merrifield Dec 11-12, 18 |
Late Hours Alexandria Main Dec 11-12, 18 |
Late Hours Fairfax Chantilly Dec 11-12, 18 |
Late Hours Winchester Main Dec 11-12, 18 |
Late Hours Woodbridge Pr.William Dec 11-12, 18 |
- For post office address/direction information and automated postal center locations, visit www.usps.com.
- Normal retail hours resume Monday, January 3, 2011.
Collection Operations
- The last collection box pick-up times on Friday, December 24 and Friday, December 31 will be 12:00 noon with the exception of the Merrifield Post Office. The collection boxes located at Merrifield Post Office will picked-up at 5:00 PM.
- There will be no collections on Saturday, December 25 or Saturday, January 1.
- Normal collections resume Monday, January 3.
Bulk Mail Entry Units
- Bulk Mail Entry Units (BMEU) will be open from 10:00AM through 4:00PM Thursday, December 23 and will be closed Friday, December 24 and Saturday, December 25.
- Bulk Mail Entry Units (BMEU) will be open from 10:00AM through 4:00PM Thursday, December 30. The BMEU will be closed Friday, December 31 and Saturday, January 1.
- Normal BMEU operations resume Monday January 3.
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