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The station contains 230-foot-long (70 m) escalators, which are the longest set of single-span escalators in the Western Hemisphere. Service at Wheaton began on September 22, 1990, and it was the northeastern end of the Red Line for nearly eight years, until Glenmont opened in July 1998.
The escalator to street level at the Rosslyn Metro station is the fifth longest continuous span escalator in the D.C. metro system. [6]The station has entrances on the west side of North Moore Street between Wilson Boulevard and 19th Street North and on the east side of Fort Myer Drive between Wilson Boulevard and 19th Street North.
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 [5] Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West Largo Town Center station, one of the newest stations ...
The station features the second-longest continuous escalator in the Metro system at 194 feet (59 m); an escalator ride between the street and mezzanine levels takes nearly two minutes. [89] The system is not centered on any single station, but Metro Center is at the intersection of the Red, Orange, Blue, and Silver Lines. [90]
After Forest Glen, it is the second deepest station in the system. [4] [5] The escalators have a vertical rise of 102 feet (31 m); they are the longest in the District of Columbia and the third longest on the Metrorail system (behind Wheaton and Bethesda). [6]
Deepest station on the Metrorail network. The only station without escalators—elevators being the only way to access the platforms. Wheaton: B10: N/A: At 230 feet long, this station has the longest escalators in the western hemisphere. Glenmont: B11: July 25, 1998: N/A: Northeastern terminus
The escalator to street level at the Rosslyn station, the third-longest continuous span escalator in the world [33] Rosslyn is a transportation hub for the subway and highway systems. It contains the intersection of U.S. Route 29 ( Frances Scott Key Bridge and Lee Highway ), Virginia State Route 110 (Richmond Highway), the George Washington ...
Dupont Circle station is an underground rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in Washington, D.C. Located below the traffic circle, it is one of the busiest stations in the Metro system, with an average of 16,948 entries each weekday. [3]