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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]
As of 2023, it is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States in average daily ridership after the New York City Subway [77] The record for daily ridership was 1.12 million on January 20, 2009, the day of Barack Obama's first Presidential Inauguration, followed by the Women's March on January 21, 2017, with 1,001,613 trips. [78]
Washington Metro system map. 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.
System Transit agency City/area served Annual ridership 2024 [1] Avg. ridership weekdays, Q4 2024 [2] System length Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q4 2024 Opened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway: NYCTA [note 1] New York City: 2,040,132,000 6,734,700 248 mi (399 km) [3] 27,156 1904 [4] 472 [4] 26 [4] 2 Washington Metro: WMATA: Washington ...
Washington Metro system map. The Orange Line is one of the six rapid transit lines of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 26 stations in Fairfax County and Arlington in Northern Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The Orange Line runs from Vienna in Virginia to New Carrollton in Maryland.
With an average weekday ridership of 764,300, the Washington Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States behind the New York City Subway. [1] As of 2023, the system has 98 active stations on six lines with 129 miles (208 km) of tracks.
The route continued in rapid transit plans until the formation of WMATA. With the formation of WMATA in October 1966, planning of the system shifted from federal hands to a regional body with representatives of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Congressional route approval was no longer a key consideration. [6]
The Washington area is served by the Washington Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The Metro opened in 1976 and currently has 98 stations across six lines covering 129 miles (208 km) of track.