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The addition of the Silver Line creates a three-line overlap from Rosslyn to Stadium–Armory, a fact that led WMATA to publicly announce in 2010 that it was considering a new map design. [62] A number of unofficial attempts by graphic designers to redraw the Washington Metro map to include the Silver Line have done so by thinning the strokes ...
North head house of the station, adjacent to the D.C. Armory. The Stadium–Armory station serves the Barney Circle and Kingman Park neighborhoods. It was adjacent to the now-defunct RFK Stadium, which was the former home of the D.C. United soccer team, the Washington Redskins, and the Washington Nationals, as well as of the second Washington Senators franchise before their relocation to Texas ...
From its opening on November 20, 1978, until December 11, 1979, the Orange Line was co-aligned with the Blue Line from National Airport to Stadium-Armory, with the Orange Line continuing east from Stadium-Armory to New Carrollton. [21]
Service on the Orange Line began on November 20, 1978 between National Airport and New Carrollton, with five new stations being added to the existing network from Stadium–Armory. When the line from Rosslyn to Ballston-MU was completed on December 11, 1979, Orange Line trains began following this route rather than going to the National Airport ...
Stadium–Armory: 17 11.8 February 4, 1978 Red Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood Silver Spring: 4 5.7 November 17, 1978 [47] Orange (service created) Orange, part of Silver Stadium–Armory New Carrollton: 5 7.4 December 1, 1979 Orange Orange and Silver Rosslyn: Ballston–MU: 4 3.0 November 22, 1980 Blue Blue and Silver Stadium–Armory Addison ...
The lower level opened on July 1, 1977 with the initial segment of the Blue Line from Reagan National Airport to Stadium-Armory. Orange Line service began on November 20, 1979 with the opening of the segment from Stadium–Armory to New Carrollton.
The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve rail traffic. The first station, Lanham , 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of the current station, opened in the 1870s. By the late 1960s, it consisted of a small shelter and an asphalt platform served by a few Penn Central (later Conrail ) commuter trains between Washington and ...
The lower level of the Metro station opened on July 1, 1977, as part of the opening of 11.8 miles (19.0 km) of the Blue Line between National Airport and Stadium–Armory. [5] Orange Line service began on November 20, 1978 when the extension to New Carrollton opened. [5]