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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.
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.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact; Long title: An Act to grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment ...
L'Enfant Plaza was the setting of a 2007 Pulitzer Prize–winning article by Washington Post reporter Gene Weingarten where world-famous classical violinist Joshua Bell performed outside the station at rush hour disguised as a street musician. [8] On January 12, 2015, smoke appeared in the station during the afternoon rush hour, causing one ...
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.
The collision that claimed the lives of 67 people Wednesday bore a hole in the heart of the tight-knit skating community in a Washington, D.C. suburb.
From there, he will be transported to Washington, D.C. where he will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol for a day-and-a-half, which will be followed by a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral.
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.