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Topological map of the Washington Metro system depicting integration of the Purple Line The "Purple Line" has been the name of two different transit proposals. In 1994, John J. Corley Jr., an architect with Harry Weese Associates (which designed the Washington Metro system) proposed a multibillion-dollar Metro line around the 64-mile (103 km ...
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 [update] , the system has 98 active stations on six lines with 129 miles (208 km) of tracks.
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 ...
In 1979, an organization known as Metro 2001, Inc., planned to write a history of the development of the Metro system for WMATA using such documents as Congressional hearing transcripts, correspondence, and maps. This Metro History Project was abandoned in 1985, and materials that had been collected up until that point (1930-1984) were donated ...
Washington Dulles International Airport station (commonly Dulles International Airport station or Dulles Airport station) is a Washington Metro station at Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S., on the Silver Line. After years of delays, [2] [3] [4] the station opened on November 15, 2022.
The Purple Line, a light rail system currently under construction, will terminate at Bethesda, providing rail service to other inner Maryland suburbs such as Silver Spring and College Park, each of which has additional north–south connections by Washington Metro, and New Carrollton, which has Amtrak and MARC connections to both Washington, D ...
Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) is one of America's largest and most recently modernized facilities, with six major runways, Boeing 747 maintenance facilities, and an attached Westin Hotel and Conference Center. Located in nearby Romulus, DTW is metro Detroit's principal airport and is a hub for Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines.
This is known as the Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) number. The RTU number identifies the station and nearby track controlled by the station's wayside control room to Metro's Central Control. Metro Center, Gallery Place, L'Enfant Plaza, and Fort Totten have two RTU numbers: one for each level. Metro's lettered routes are as follows: [6]