Metro has finalized its plan for dealing with an expected massive increase in subway ridership on Veterans Day, announcing Tuesday that nine stations will remain open past the normal midnight closing time to accommodate the crowds from a concert on the Mall featuring a bevy of music superstars, including Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna and Carrie Underwood.  Earlier, the transit agency had said that about 10 stations would stay open late. But the Smithsonian station, which is located within the U.S. Park Police security zone for the nighttime concert, will remain closed all day and evening, Metro said.  The free “Concert for Valor” is scheduled to run from 7 to 10 p.m. Nov. 11, and its sponsors — Starbucks, HBO and Chase — have obtained a Park Police permit for up to 800,000 people. The stage is to be located on the west side of the Capitol, near Fourth Street NW, between Madison and Jefferson drives NW.  “The crowds will extend to the Washington Monument,” Metro said in a planning document. “As a point of reference, this order of magnitude is more than double the ridership we support for the annual July 4 Mall event,” which is a concert and fireworks show.  After the Veterans Day concert, the stations at Metro Center, Federal Triangle, L’Enfant Plaza, Archives, Gallery Place, Federal Center SW, Union Station, Judiciary Square and Capitol South will remain open for an unspecified period after midnight, until the crowd has dispersed from the Mall, Metro said. Stations throughout the rest of the system also will stay open past midnight, but only for people getting off trains.  The agency’s plan also includes increasing the frequency of trains on five of its six rail lines for most of the day and evening. To make that increase possible, Metro said, it will shut down Blue Line service on Veterans Day. The Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn stations will be served by Yellow Line trains that day.  Bicycles and large coolers will be banned from Metro trains on Nov. 11, the transit authority said. Metro issued this advisory, including route and schedule changes and travel tips.  “Despite these efforts,” the advisory said, “concert attendees may experience crowded trains and long waits to reenter the system after the concert ends.”  SECTION: {section=local, subsection=null}!!! 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Nine stations will stay open late to handle massive crowd expected for a free concert featuring a roster of music superstars.