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In March 1968, the WMATA board approved its 98-mile (158 km) Adopted Regional System (ARS), which included the Blue Line from Huntington to Addison Road, with a possible extension to Largo. [12] The ARS contained a Blue Line/ Orange Line station at Oklahoma Avenue between Stadium/Armory and the Anacostia River Bridge.
The Silver Line opened in two phases, adding five stations in 2014 and six in 2022. [4] [5] On the Yellow and Blue Lines, an additional infill station at Potomac Yard opened on May 19, 2023. [6] Nine Metrorail stations are officially designated transfer stations, although other intermediate stations also allow passengers to transfer between lines.
In October 1996, the proposed routing for the extension of the Blue Line to Largo received a favorable environmental impact statement thus allowing for the project to move forward. [5] The plan represented the first expansion to the original 103-mile (166 km) Metro network and would include both the then named Summerfield and Largo stations. [5]
Included in this request was a previously considered 13-mile (21 km) extension of the Blue Line through Largo en route to a proposed terminus at Bowie. [4] In October 1996, the proposed routing for the extension of the Blue Line to Largo received a favorable environmental impact statement thus allowing for the project to move forward. [5]
WMATA approved plans for a 97.2-mile (156.4 km) regional system on March 1, 1968. ... A Blue Line extension to Greenbelt, which would follow a similar route through ...
On December 14, 2020, WMATA announced that Blue Line service would be suspended between February 13 to May 23, 2021, in order to rebuild the platforms at both Arlington Cemetery and Addison Road. Silver Line trains would run in place of the Blue Line every 12 minutes during the weekdays and 15 minutes on weekends while bypassing Addison Road. [110]
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 ...
The first two "The Bus" routes that Prince George's County started off operating were routes 20 and 21. Route 20 would operate between the Addison Road Metro Station (WMATA's Blue Line's northern terminus in Prince George's County at the time, prior to the Largo Town Center extension in December 2004) and the Upper Marlboro Courthouse.