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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, [153] SNAP Recipients in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC, [154 ...
Yellow Line train arriving at Greenbelt, the former northern terminus of the line along the Green Line in August 2022. In 2006, Metro board member Jim Graham and Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams proposed re-extending Yellow Line service to Fort Totten or even to Greenbelt. Their proposal did not involve constructing any new track ...
Metrobus' fleet consists of 1,505 buses covering an area of 1,500 square miles (3,900 km 2) in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. [17] There are 269 bus routes serving 11,129 stops, including 2,554 bus shelters. [17] Metrobus had 130.8 million trips in 2016. [17] On a typical weekday, it provides more than 400,000 trips. [83]
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 2023 [update] , the system has 98 active stations on six lines with 129 miles (208 km) of tracks.
Beginning on November 27, 2020, until March 14, 2021, Blue Line trains began serving Huntington and Eisenhower Avenue stations during most weekends due to Metro modernizing the signal system at Alexandria Rail Yard causing both Franconia–Springfield and Van Dorn Street stations to be closed. Additionally, trains operated to Huntington between ...
On July 26, 2014, Orange Line stations between East Falls Church and Stadium-Armory began to serve Silver Line trains. From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, trains were bypassing East Falls Church, Virginia Square–GMU, Clarendon, Federal Triangle, Smithsonian, Federal Center SW, and Cheverly stations due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Metrobus routes in Northern Virginia have one or two numbers followed by a letter (1A, 16C, 29N, etc.). Odd-numbered routes are typically part-time variants of even-numbered routes. At one time, odd numbered routes were express routes, but that distinction has been abandoned. Most Maryland and Washington, D.C., routes are grouped by their first ...
The Green Line requires 19 trains (10 eight-car trains and nine six-car trains, consisting of 134 rail cars) to run at peak capacity. [182] [183] There are rail yard facilities near the Branch Ave and Greenbelt stations. As of March 2018, all Green Line trains are required to only run 8 car trains. [184] [185]