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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 ...
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 ...
Add Silver Line for 2014; drop orange-line rush hour extension; add 5 named stations to silver line; extend silver line to Largo Town Center; add 6 unfinished Silver Line stations; extend District of Columbia line slightly to keep silver line inside DC: 20:34, 19 June 2012: 760 × 630 (65 KB) Rfc1394: Correct to place Benning Road station ...
June 25, 2017 Yellow Line rush hour service cut and station name amendments of Smithsonian (National Mall) and Foggy Bottom-GWU (Kennedy Center) 04:10, 23 February 2017: No thumbnail: 0 × 0 (210 KB) Sameboat: 09:22, 18 January 2017: No thumbnail: 0 × 0 (206 KB) Sameboat: 06:33, 17 January 2017: No thumbnail: 0 × 0 (206 KB) Sameboat: 04:35 ...
It was the system's first infill station (i.e., a new station built between existing stations). [ 20 ] In November 2010, the WMATA authorized $37 million in capital improvements on the Red Line, a part of $212 million of work on the Red Line scheduled for 2010 to 2014.
Station construction in 1973. Metro Center was one of the original 6 stations to open with the first section of the Red Line on March 27, 1976. The original name of the station was "12th and G", but WMATA planner William Herman argued it should be renamed, given the importance of the station and the fact that several entrances would be on other streets.
Out of station interchange (OSI) to the Red Line's Farragut North station, which is located just one block away. There have been proposals to connect up the two stations through an underground passageway, though it has not been financed. McPherson Square: C02 Metro Center: C01 Transfer station for the Red Line: Federal Triangle: D01 Smithsonian ...
English: A redesigned map of the Washington Metro. Created using Adobe Illustrator. This map shows the Rush Plus service details and is designed to be more geographically matched than the current metro map. Two files from Commons were used in the creation of the Map. They are File:WMATA Metro Logo.svg, and File: Amtrak logo.svg