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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] The busiest station in the system in 2023 was Metro Center, with more than 3.9 million passenger entries over the course of the year. [8]
Fares and other revenue fund 57.6% of the Metro's daily operations while state and local governments fund the remaining 42.4%. Since the Metro's inception, the federal government has provided grants for 65% of the system's capital costs. [17] Metrorail is unusual among major public transportation systems in having no dedicated source of funding ...
33 was extended to Washington Union Station on December 15, 2024 partially replacing the DC Circulator Georgetown–Union Station line. [13] 32, 36: 32 and 36 replaced almost all of 30, 34, and 35's routing between Naylor Road & Friendship Heights Metro stations on June 29, 2008. (See Pennsylvania Avenue Line) [9]
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Metro is announcing a major overhaul of its “Better Bus Network” for the first time in 50 years. Metro officials said the new changes will also come with increased ...
The Metro opened in 1976 and currently has 98 stations across six lines covering 129 miles (208 km) of track. When measured by ridership, the Washington Metro is the second-largest rapid rail system in the United States and fifth-largest in North America.
Fares (effective 2024) range from $2.25 to $6.75, depending on the distance traveled during weekdays prior to 9:30 PM and $2.25 to $2.50 on weekends or after 9:30 PM on weekdays at the time of tapping in. Discounted fares from 50% to 100% are available for DC school children, [152] SNAP Recipients in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC, [153 ...
WMATA Orion V 9652 (now retired) at Greenbelt station in Prince George's County, Maryland, headed for New Carrollton. Route T17 was replaced by routes G12 & G14 on December 17, 2010. This is a list of bus routes operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), branded as Metrobus.
It was the system's first infill station (i.e., a new station built between existing stations). [ 20 ] In November 2010, the WMATA authorized $37 million in capital improvements on the Red Line, a part of $212 million of work on the Red Line scheduled for 2010 to 2014.