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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 ...
Metro Center station is the central hub station of the Washington Metro, a rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. The station is located in Downtown, centered on the intersection of 12th Street NW and G Street NW. It is one of the 4 major transfer points in the Metrorail network.
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 ...
DC Streetcar: H Street/Benning Road Line: N/A NoMa–Gallaudet U: B35: November 20, 2004: N/A: Infill station, built in 2004 between two existing stations built in the 1970s. The first infill station on the Metrorail network. Rhode Island Avenue: B04: March 27, 1976: N/A: N/A Brookland–CUA: B05: February 3, 1978: N/A: N/A Fort Totten: B06 ...
Make slight adjustment to Yellow Line Rush-Plus switch to Franconia-Springfield station to clarify that the train turns to the new routing starting from King Street station, not from Eisenhower Avenue Station. 17:59, 4 June 2012: 760 × 630 (63 KB) Rfc1394: Adjust "under construction" indicator so it's not butted up next to rush-hour legend
After a set of speeches and announcements prior to opening, which were televised on local cable television station News Channel 8, and attended by the Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, Metro General Manager Richard Sarles, the entire Metro board of directors, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray, and other regional politicians, a ...
The 14th Street Line is one of the most heavily used routes in the Metrobus system; about 15,000 riders use it on a typical weekday. [2] The routes connect Takoma station to Downtown DC via 14th Street. Routes 52 and 54 operate 24 hours a day between Takoma station and L'Enfant Plaza station or Metro Center station. Route 52 only serves Takoma ...
The 16th Street Line, designated Route S2, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Silver Spring station, which is served by the Red Line of the Washington Metro, and Federal Triangle in Downtown Washington, D.C. with late night and early morning trips extending to L'Enfant Plaza station which is served by the Blue, Orange, Silver, Green and ...