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Ten stations are termini (stations at the end of lines); several other non-terminus stations are used to short turn trains in regular service. [7] The busiest station in the system in 2023 was Metro Center, with more than 3.9 million passenger entries over the course of the year. [8]
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.
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]
On December 14, 2020, WMATA announced that Blue Line service would be suspended between February 13 to May 23, 2021, in order to rebuild the platforms at both Arlington Cemetery and Addison Road. Silver Line trains would run in place of the Blue Line every 12 minutes during the weekdays and 15 minutes on weekends while bypassing Addison Road. [110]
On January 18, 2022, WMATA announced that Paul Wiedefeld would be retiring from Metro in 6 months and WMATA's board of directors will be conducting a national search for his replacement. [67] On May 10, 2022, WMATA announced that current president and CEO of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Randy Clarke as its new general manager ...
Internally, WMATA calls the Red Line the Shady Grove Route (A) and the Glenmont Route (B), which meet at Metro Center. [36] The Red Line needs 44 trains (10 eight-car trains and 34 six-car trains, consisting of 284 rail cars) to run at peak capacity. [38] [needs update]
On April 19, 2023, WMATA and Alexandria announced that the station would open on May 19, 2023. [33] The station opened at 5 a.m. that day, [34] [35] with "regional, state, and federal officials" attending an opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m. [2] It was the Washington Metro's second infill station, after NoMa–Gallaudet U station. [34]
Service will be replaced by additional Green Line trains, as well as Blue Line trains that will operate between Huntington and New Carrollton stations. [30] On April 4, 2023, WMATA announced they will re-open the Yellow Line on May 7, 2023. [31]