The Washington Metro system was conceived as an alternative to the construction of a large freeway system throughout the Washington, D.C. area and was partially financed with funds originally dedicated to highway construction.[3] Construction began in 1969, and in 1976 the first section of the Metro system opened along the Red Line between the Rhode Island Avenue and Farragut North stations in Washington, D.C. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, more stations were opened in the city and the suburban communities of Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, and Fairfax County in Virginia as well as Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. By 1991, five rail lines were open: the Red, Blue, Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines. The system as originally planned was completed in 2001 with the extension of the Green Line to Branch Avenue. In 2004, three stations were opened: an extension of the Blue Line to the Downtown Largo and Morgan Boulevard stations and the first infill station, NoMa–Gallaudet U.[4] The Silver Line opened in two phases, adding five stations in 2014 and six in 2022.[5][6]
Nine Metrorail stations are officially designated transfer stations, although other intermediate stations also allow passengers to transfer between lines. Four of those stations have separate, perpendicular upper and lower levels which opened at different times. Two other transfer stations, Rosslyn and Pentagon, have parallel stacked platforms. Ten stations are termini (stations at the end of lines); several other non-terminus stations are used to short turn trains in regular service.[7]
As of May 2016[update], Union Station was the busiest station in the system, with an average of 28,864 passenger boardings per weekday. Nine of the top ten busiest stations are in the District of Columbia. Metro Center, a transfer point for the Blue, Orange, Silver, and Red Lines, is the busiest transfer station, with 24,160 boardings. Shady Grove in suburban Montgomery County, Maryland was the busiest terminus with 11,696 passenger boardings per weekday.[8]
a Stations noted in this list twice with upper and lower levels are considered by WMATA to be a single station. The levels are noted separately here because they opened on different dates.
bAverage daily rail entries for silver line extention stations are from November 15, 2022 to December 31, 2022.
References
^(PDF). American Public Transportation Association. 27 May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ abcPascale, Jordan (December 13, 2022). "Potomac Yard Station In Alexandria Will Open In May, Metro Says". DCist. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^Schrag, Zachary (2006). The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN0-8018-8246-X.
^(PDF). Washington Metropolitan area Transit Authority. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^George, Justin (June 9, 2022). "Metro's Silver Line extension moves closer to finish line". The Washington Post.
^ abc(PDF). Washington Metropolitan area Transit Authority. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
^ abcdef"Stations". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^"Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. May 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ abcd(PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
^"Rail Ridership Data Viewer | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
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The Washington Metro commonly called Metro and branded Metrorail is a rapid transit system serving Washington D C and neighboring communities in Maryland and Virginia both inside and outside the Capital Beltway With an average weekday ridership of 764 300 the Washington Metro is the second busiest rapid transit system in the United States behind the New York City Subway 1 As of 2022 update the system has 97 active stations on six lines with 129 miles 208 km of tracks An additional infill station at Potomac Yard is planned to open in May 2023 on the Yellow and Blue lines 2 The Washington Metro system was conceived as an alternative to the construction of a large freeway system throughout the Washington D C area and was partially financed with funds originally dedicated to highway construction 3 Construction began in 1969 and in 1976 the first section of the Metro system opened along the Red Line between the Rhode Island Avenue and Farragut North stations in Washington D C Throughout the 1970s and 1980s more stations were opened in the city and the suburban communities of Arlington County the City of Alexandria and Fairfax County in Virginia as well as Montgomery and Prince George s Counties in Maryland By 1991 five rail lines were open the Red Blue Green Orange and Yellow Lines The system as originally planned was completed in 2001 with the extension of the Green Line to Branch Avenue In 2004 three stations were opened an extension of the Blue Line to the Downtown Largo and Morgan Boulevard stations and the first infill station NoMa Gallaudet U 4 The Silver Line opened in two phases adding five stations in 2014 and six in 2022 5 6 Nine Metrorail stations are officially designated transfer stations although other intermediate stations also allow passengers to transfer between lines Four of those stations have separate perpendicular upper and lower levels which opened at different times Two other transfer stations Rosslyn and Pentagon have parallel stacked platforms Ten stations are termini stations at the end of lines several other non terminus stations are used to short turn trains in regular service 7 As of May 2016 update Union Station was the busiest station in the system with an average of 28 864 passenger boardings per weekday Nine of the top ten busiest stations are in the District of Columbia Metro Center a transfer point for the Blue Orange Silver and Red Lines is the busiest transfer station with 24 160 boardings Shady Grove in suburban Montgomery County Maryland was the busiest terminus with 11 696 passenger boardings per weekday 8 Contents A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R S T U V W Lines Stations Future stations Notes ReferencesLines EditThere are six Washington Metro lines each named for a different color 7 All lines except the Red Line share tracks Line Ridership May 2010 9 Stations 7 Termini 7 277 741 37 27 Glenmont Shady Grove 187 663 25 26 New Carrollton Vienna 120 104 16 27 Franconia Springfield Downtown Largo 105 091 14 21 Branch Avenue Greenbelt 59 781 8 21 Huntington Greenbelt 34 Ashburn Downtown LargoStations Edit Pylon by the entrance to the Archives Navy Memorial Penn Quarter station Passengers boarding a train at the Bethesda station Crossvault of the L Enfant Plaza station Union Station the busiest station in the system The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere at the Wheaton station 6 Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West Largo Town Center station one of the newest stations Arlington Cemetery station on a snowy day Elevated platform at National Airport Wiehle Reston East station on the first day of Silver Line service in 2014 Official transfer stations Terminals Transfer station and terminalStation 7 Lines 7 Rail Connections 9 Jurisdiction 9 Avg Weekday DailyRail Entries 2022 10 Opened 6 9 Addison Road Prince George s County Maryland 920 Nov 22 1980Anacostia District of Columbia 1 929 Dec 28 1991Archives District of Columbia 2 708 Apr 30 1983Arlington Cemetery Arlington Virginia 738 Jul 1 1977Ashburn Loudoun County Virginia 953 b Nov 15 2022Ballston MU Arlington Virginia 3 474 Dec 11 1979Benning Road District of Columbia 1 087 Nov 22 1980Bethesda Montgomery County Maryland 3 224 Aug 25 1984Braddock Road Alexandria Virginia 1 330 Dec 17 1983Branch Avenue Prince George s County Maryland 1 524 Jan 13 2001Brookland CUA District of Columbia 2 660 Feb 6 1978Capitol Heights Prince George s County Maryland 827 Nov 22 1980Capitol South District of Columbia 3 262 Jul 1 1977Cheverly Prince George s County Maryland 320 Nov 20 1978Clarendon Arlington Virginia 1 724 Dec 11 1979Cleveland Park District of Columbia 1 617 Dec 5 1981College Park University of Maryland MARC Camden Prince George s County Maryland 1 468 Dec 11 1993Columbia Heights District of Columbia 5 261 Sep 18 1999Congress Heights District of Columbia 864 Jan 13 2001Court House Arlington Virginia 2 203 Dec 11 1979Crystal City VRE Fredericksburg Manassas Arlington Virginia 3 666 Jul 1 1977Deanwood District of Columbia 542 Nov 20 1978Downtown Largo Prince George s County Maryland 1 506 Dec 18 2004Dulles International Airport Loudoun County Virginia 1 245 b Nov 15 2022Dunn Loring Fairfax County Virginia 1 105 Jun 7 1986Dupont Circle District of Columbia 6 354 Jan 17 1977East Falls Church Arlington Virginia 1 585 Jun 7 1986Eastern Market District of Columbia 2 367 Jul 1 1977Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria Virginia 610 Dec 17 1983Farragut North District of Columbia 6 765 Mar 29 1976Farragut West District of Columbia 5 990 Jul 1 1977Federal Center SW District of Columbia 1 479 Jul 1 1977Federal Triangle District of Columbia 2 265 Jul 1 1977Foggy Bottom GWU District of Columbia 7 891 Jul 1 1977Forest Glen Montgomery County Maryland 816 Sep 22 1990Fort Totten lower level a District of Columbia 4 010 Dec 11 1993Fort Totten upper level a Feb 6 1978Franconia Springfield VRE Fredericksburg Fairfax County Virginia 1 837 Jun 29 1997Friendship Heights District of Columbia 2 745 Aug 25 1984Gallery Place lower level a District of Columbia 7 935 Apr 30 1983Gallery Place upper level a Dec 15 1976Georgia Avenue Petworth District of Columbia 2 639 Sep 18 1999Glenmont Montgomery County Maryland 2 274 Jul 25 1998Greensboro Fairfax County Virginia 511 Jul 26 2014Greenbelt MARC Camden Prince George s County Maryland 2 074 Dec 11 1993Grosvenor Strathmore Montgomery County Maryland 1 472 Aug 25 1984Herndon Fairfax County Virginia 511 b Nov 15 2022Huntington Fairfax County Virginia 2 110 Dec 17 1983Hyattsville Crossing Prince George s County Maryland 1 928 Dec 11 1993Innovation Center Fairfax County Virginia 412 b Nov 15 2022Judiciary Square District of Columbia 2 165 Mar 29 1976King Street Old Town Amtrak services CardinalCarolinianCrescentPalmettoSilver MeteorSilver StarNortheast Regional VRE Fredericksburg Manassas at Alexandria Union Station Alexandria Virginia 2 281 Dec 17 1983L Enfant Plaza lower level a VRE Fredericksburg Manassas at L Enfant District of Columbia 5 714 Jul 1 1977L Enfant Plaza upper level a Apr 30 1983Landover Prince George s County Maryland 537 Nov 20 1978Loudoun Gateway Loudoun County Virginia 159 b Nov 15 2022McLean Fairfax County Virginia 802 Jul 26 2014McPherson Square District of Columbia 4 143 Jul 1 1977Medical Center Montgomery County Maryland 2 139 Aug 25 1984Metro Center lower level a District of Columbia 8 681 Jul 1 1977Metro Center upper level a Mar 29 1976Minnesota Avenue District of Columbia 652 Nov 20 1978Morgan Boulevard Prince George s County Maryland 579 Dec 18 2004Mount Vernon Square District of Columbia 1 960 May 11 1991Navy Yard Ballpark District of Columbia 4 590 Dec 28 1991Naylor Road Prince George s County Maryland 745 Jan 13 2001New Carrollton Amtrak Northeast Regional Vermonter Palmetto MARC Penn Prince George s County Maryland 1 808 Nov 20 1978NoMa Gallaudet U District of Columbia 4 726 Nov 20 2004North Bethesda Montgomery County Maryland 1 247 Dec 15 1984Pentagon Arlington Virginia 4 639 Jul 1 1977Pentagon City Arlington Virginia 4 310 Jul 1 1977Potomac Avenue District of Columbia 1 580 Jul 1 1977Reston Town Center Fairfax County Virginia 462 b Nov 15 2022Rhode Island Avenue District of Columbia 2 531 Mar 29 1976Rockville Amtrak Capitol Limited MARC Brunswick Montgomery County Maryland 1 470 Dec 15 1984Ronald Reagan WashingtonNational Airport Arlington Virginia 3 679 Jul 1 1977Rosslyn Arlington Virginia 4 507 Jul 1 1977Shady Grove Montgomery County Maryland 3 578 Dec 15 1984Shaw Howard University District of Columbia 2 167 May 11 1991Silver Spring MARC Brunswick Montgomery County Maryland 4 180 Feb 6 1978Smithsonian District of Columbia 3 511 Jul 1 1977Southern Avenue Prince George s County Maryland 1 531 Jan 13 2001Spring Hill Fairfax County Virginia 396 Jul 26 2014Stadium Armory District of Columbia 1 479 Jul 1 1977Suitland Prince George s County Maryland 1 258 Jan 13 2001Takoma District of Columbia 2 099 Feb 6 1978Tenleytown AU District of Columbia 2 568 Aug 25 1984Twinbrook Montgomery County Maryland 1 658 Dec 15 1984Tysons Fairfax County Virginia 1 205 Jul 26 2014U Street District of Columbia 2 883 May 11 1991Union Station Amtrak services AcelaCapitol LimitedCardinalCarolinianCrescentPalmettoSilver MeteorSilver StarNortheast RegionalVermonter MARC Brunswick Camden Penn VRE Fredericksburg Manassas DC Streetcar at Union Station District of Columbia 8 683 Mar 29 1976Van Dorn Street Alexandria Virginia 869 Jun 15 1991Van Ness UDC District of Columbia 2 212 Dec 5 1981Vienna Fairfax County Virginia 2 515 Jun 7 1986Virginia Square GMU Arlington Virginia 1 314 Dec 11 1979Waterfront District of Columbia 1 802 Dec 28 1991West Falls Church Fairfax County Virginia 688 Jun 7 1986West Hyattsville Prince George s County Maryland 1 694 Dec 11 1993Wheaton Montgomery County Maryland 1 540 Sep 22 1990Wiehle Reston East Fairfax County Virginia 2 411 Jul 26 2014Woodley Park District of Columbia 2 447 Dec 5 1981Future stations Edit Potomac Yard station construction in 2021 Potomac Yard planned to open in May 2023 is an infill station between Braddock Road and National Airport on the Yellow and Blue lines 2 Station Lines Jurisdiction Projected Opening ReferencePotomac Yard Alexandria Virginia May 2023 2 Notes Edita Stations noted in this list twice with upper and lower levels are considered by WMATA to be a single station The levels are noted separately here because they opened on different dates bAverage daily rail entries for silver line extention stations are from November 15 2022 to December 31 2022 References Edit Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2015 PDF American Public Transportation Association 27 May 2015 Archived from the original PDF on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 26 August 2015 a b c Pascale Jordan December 13 2022 Potomac Yard Station In Alexandria Will Open In May Metro Says DCist Retrieved December 13 2022 Schrag Zachary 2006 The Great Society Subway A History of the Washington Metro Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0 8018 8246 X WMATA History PDF Washington Metropolitan area Transit Authority 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 15 October 2012 Retrieved 26 August 2015 George Justin June 9 2022 Metro s Silver Line extension moves closer to finish line The Washington Post a b c Metro Facts PDF Washington Metropolitan area Transit Authority 2014 Archived from the original PDF on 22 February 2016 Retrieved 26 August 2015 a b c d e f Stations Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Retrieved December 28 2017 Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings PDF WMATA May 2017 Retrieved January 24 2018 a b c d Metro Media Guide PDF Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 2010 Archived from the original PDF on July 28 2012 Retrieved July 14 2011 Rail Ridership Data Viewer WMATA www wmata com Retrieved 2023 02 20 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Washington Metro stations amp oldid 1140795997, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
