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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.
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] Rosslyn was the busiest station in Virginia, while Silver Spring was the busiest in Maryland. The system's 10 busiest stations are all located in Washington.
The 14th Street Line, designated Routes 52, 54, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Takoma station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and L'Enfant Plaza station (52) of the Blue, Yellow, Orange, Green, and Silver lines of the Washington Metro or Metro Center station (54) of the Red, Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines of the Washington Metro.
Add new Silver Line; add indicators for line name for the color blind; add new additional rush-hour extended service; move legend to bottom left: 23:52, 5 November 2011: 760 × 630 (45 KB) Train2104: Official colors, new station names: 22:54, 14 October 2011: 760 × 630 (110 KB) Rfc1394: Reverted to version as of 19:52, 10 October 2009 - I ...
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 July 26, 2014, Orange Line stations between East Falls Church and Stadium-Armory began to serve Silver Line trains. From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, trains were bypassing East Falls Church, Virginia Square–GMU, Clarendon, Federal Triangle, Smithsonian, Federal Center SW, and Cheverly stations due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
P4, P5 & P6 were created to replace the A routes in 1991 when Anacostia station opened, with P5 additionally replacing the B6 between Metro Center & Rhode Island Avenue stations. P4 & P5 later merged with the P6 around March, 1995, giving it the current route. Routes P1 and P2 were discontinued on June 17, 2012. [35]
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 ...