Washington Metro
The Washington Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the Washington, D.C. area in the United States. It has the second busiest rapid transit system in the United States.[1] The New York City Subway is the busiest.
Lines
There are six lines in this system:
- Red Line, Opened 1976
- Blue Line, Opened 1977
- Orange Line, Opened 1978
- Yellow Line, Opened 1983
- Green Line, Opened 1991
- Silver Line, Opened 2014
History
The first part of the metro system opened on March 27, 1976.[2] The rail system was completed on May 19th, 2023. [3]
Washington Metro Media
Unofficial route diagram of the Washington Metro
The Washington Metro being constructed on Connecticut Avenue in March 1973
Aerial view of the Metro being constructed along Pennsylvania Avenue SE in 1973
Metro under construction at the Washington Navy Yard in 1989
Interior of a rehabilitated Breda car in 2007
Multi-level metro station at the Gallery Place station.
Crowds pack the platform at the Federal Triangle station during rush hour in 2005.
Map of system drawn to scale. This map does not include the Silver Line or the Template:Wmata station.
The platform at the Dulles International Airport station
The lines a station services are represented by the colors below the Metro logo on the station's exterior signs. This photo was taken before the Silver Line opened.
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References
- ↑ Christie Dawson (4 December 2008). "Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Third Quarter 2008" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Douglas Feaver (25 October 1999). "Politics Couldn't Derail Metro, D.C.'s Engine of Change". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "Washington, D.C. Metro System Fast Facts". Cable News Network (CNN). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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