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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 ...
An intermodal facility, Union Station also serves MARC and VRE commuter rail services, the Washington Metro, the DC Streetcar, intercity bus lines, and local Metrobus buses. It carries the IATA airport code of ZWU. [8] At the height of its traffic, during World War II, as many as 200,000 passengers passed through the station in a single day. [9]
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
There are 42 MARC Train stations in the commuter rail system; [4] all three lines terminate at Union Station in Washington, D.C, where passengers can connect with Amtrak, Virginia Railway Express, and Washington Metro trains. [3] Development of a new MARC station at the former Amtrak station in Elkton, Maryland began in 2014, with plans to open ...
Metrobus is a bus service operated by Metro, consisting of 176 bus lines serving 12,301 stops, including 3,133 bus shelters and nearly every Washington Metro station. In fiscal year 2006, Metrobus provided 131 million trips, 39% of all Washington Metro trips. [14] It serves D.C. and the inner ring of suburban counties.
WMATA includes art works at stations and sometimes on the trains. [88] Thirty-nine stations include artwork. [89] Funding for the art comes from several sources, including the town in which the station is located, the WMATA art program, the Federal Transit Administration, local art groups, and some pieces are gifts or on loan.
Alexandria and Washington Railroad: Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad: B&O: 1873 1874 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: SOU: 1873 1880 Virginia Midland Railway: Washington and Potomac Railroad: 1886 1900 Washington, Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad: Washington, Potomac and ...
[1] [2] The Metra system has a total of 243 active stations spread out on 11 rail lines with 487.5 miles (784.6 km) of tracks. [1] [3] As of May 2024, an infill station, Auburn Park, is currently under construction on the Rock Island District. The newest Metra station in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago opened on May 20, 2024.