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Friendship Heights station is a Washington Metro station on the Red Line straddling the border of Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
The station's opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the Van Ness–UDC station and the opening of the Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Medical Center and Tenleytown stations. [3] [4] [6] It remained the western terminus of the Red Line until the extension of that line to Shady Grove that December. [7]
The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system.
The Silver Line opened in two phases, adding five stations in 2014 and six in 2022. [4] [5] On the Yellow and Blue Lines, an additional infill station at Potomac Yard opened on May 19, 2023. [6] Nine Metrorail stations are officially designated transfer stations, although other intermediate stations also allow passengers to transfer between lines.
Tenleytown–AU station is a subway station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in Washington, D.C. Located in the Upper Northwest neighborhood, it is the last station on the Red Line heading outbound wholly within the District of Columbia; the next stop, Friendship Heights, lies within both the District and the state of Maryland.
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Like other Metro stations in Montgomery County, Twinbrook is a center for planned transit-oriented development.The county planning department released the Twinbrook Sector Plan in 2009, which acts as a guideline for mixed-use, walkable development around the station. [3]
On December 9, 2021, the Metro board voted to change the name of the station from White Flint to North Bethesda. The new name was added to Metro system maps when the second phase of the Silver Line opened on November 15, 2022. [7] In June 2022, signage in the station began to be modified to reflect the name change. [8]