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English: Based upon the US counties map but cut down to show only the Washington, DC metropolitan area and then clipped to a rectangular region Source File:Usa_counties_large.svg
Washington DC Metro Map-2012 (To Scale).svg by Noclip Maps template-en.svg by Sting Own work using: OpenStreetMap transportlayer Information from: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Requested by and knowledge from Multituberculata; Author: Goran_tek-en: Permission (Reusing this file)
The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U.S. [7] The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,304,975 as of 2023 estimates, [8] making it the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the nation, [9] as ...
Actual map of the Washington Metro. Map of the network is drawn to scale. Since opening in 1976, the Metro network has grown to include six lines, 98 stations, and 129 miles (208 km) of route. [78] The rail network is designed according to a spoke–hub distribution paradigm, with rail lines running between downtown Washington and its nearby ...
Construction began in 1969, and in 1976 the first section of the Metro system opened along the Red Line between the Farragut North and Rhode Island Avenue 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 ...
Add Silver Line for 2014; drop orange-line rush hour extension; add 5 named stations to silver line; extend silver line to Largo Town Center; add 6 unfinished Silver Line stations; extend District of Columbia line slightly to keep silver line inside DC: 20:34, 19 June 2012: 760 × 630 (65 KB) Rfc1394: Correct to place Benning Road station ...
English: SVG Diagram of the DC Metro. This map depicts the opening of the 1st stage of the Silver Line as well as the Yellow Line Rush Hour Service Changes. Date:
In 1979, an organization known as Metro 2001, Inc., planned to write a history of the development of the Metro system for WMATA using such documents as Congressional hearing transcripts, correspondence, and maps. This Metro History Project was abandoned in 1985, and materials that had been collected up until that point (1930-1984) were donated ...