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Anacostia–Eckington Line
The Anacostia–Eckington Line, designated Route P6, is a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station of the Red Line of the Washington Metro and Anacostia station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro With late night and early morning trips shortened to operate between Anacostia station of the Green Line of the Washington Metro and L'Enfant Plaza station of the Blue, Orange, Silver, Green and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro. The line operates every 15–20 minutes during the weekday peak hours, 24 minutes during the weekday midday, and 30–35 minutes during the late nights and weekends. Route P6 trips are roughly 65 minutes long. Background Route P6 operates daily between Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood station and Anacostia station, running into Downtown and providing service to Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest. Select early morning and late night trips would begin/end a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood Station
Rhode Island Avenue station (also known as Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood) is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. The station is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Northeast, on an elevated platform crossing Rhode Island Avenue NE (U.S. Route 1) History The station was built on land formerly part of the African-American Columbian Harmony Cemetery. When the station was constructed in 1976, workers discovered that not all the bodies had been moved. At least five coffins were unearthed, and numerous bones. A plaque was affixed to a column near one of the station's entrances to commemorate the former cemetery. When a parking lot at the site was renovated in 1979, more bones and bits of cloth and coffins were unearthed. Service began on March 27, 1976, as one of the first stations in the system, opening as the eastern terminus of the Red Line. It was replaced as the eastern terminus by Silver Spring on February 6, 1978. From the time the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterfront Station (Washington Metro)
Waterfront station (known as Waterfront–SEU from 1997 to 2011) is a Washington Metro station on the Green Line in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on December 28, 1991, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Waterfront is located in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood at the intersection of 4th and M Streets SW. Notable places nearby * Arena Stage * Fort Lesley McNair * Titanic Memorial * The Wharf History Much of the physical construction of the station was complete by 1980, and its opening was initially to occur in 1983. However, due to litigation surrounding where the line would terminate in Prince George's County, planning and construction of the Green Line halted in 1981 and would not resume until 1985. The station opened on December 28, 1991, and coincided with the completion of approximately of rail southeast of the L'Enfant Plaza station and the open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), Metrobus service under the Metro name. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 98 stations, and of Network length (transport)#Route length, route. Metro serves Washington, D.C. and the states of Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery and Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's counties; in Virginia, to Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun counties, and to the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria. The system's Potomac Yard station, most recent expansion, which is the construction of a new station (and alte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Line (Washington Metro)
The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 metro station, stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, 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. It forms a long, narrow "U," capped by its terminal stations at Shady Grove station, Shady Grove and Glenmont station, Glenmont. Trains run every 5 minutes during weekday rush hours, every 6 minutes during weekday off-peak hours and weekends, and every 10 minutes daily after 9:30pm. The Red Line is the only line in the system that does not share its tracks with another Metrorail line. However, it operates parallel to CSX Transportation freight trains along the railroad's Metropolitan Subdivision from the D.C. neighborhood of Brentwood (Washington, D.C.), Brentwood north past Silver Spring, Maryland, and continuing through Twinbrook (Rockville, Maryland), Twinbrook. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastover–Addison Road Line
The Eastover–Addison Road Line, designated Route P12, was a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between the Addison Road station of the Blue & Silver Lines of the Washington Metro and Eastover Shopping Center in Forest Heights, Maryland. The line operated every 12 minutes between 7AM and 9PM and 30 minutes after 9PM. P12 trips were roughly 60 minutes long. Background Route P12 operated daily between Addison Road station and Eastover Shopping Center via Southern Avenue station and Suitland station. The line mostly provided service along Addison Road, Silver Hill Road and Iverson Street connecting many neighborhoods to various Metrorail stations. The P12 operated every 12 minutes between 7AM and 9PM and 30 minutes after 9PM daily. Route P12 operated out of Landover division. P12 Stops History Route P12 was created as a brand new bus route by the WM&A Bus Company in 1965, to operate as part of the District Heights-Silver Hill Road L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Harbor–Alexandria Line
The National Harbor–Alexandria Line, designated as Route NH2, was a daily bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between King Street–Old Town station of the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro and National Harbor via the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The line operates every 30 minutes at all times. NH2 trips were roughly 30 minutes. This line provided service to National Harbor and MGM National Harbor from Alexandria, Virginia via the Woodrow Wilson Bridge at Capital Beltway (I-495). It was the only Metrobus route that operates via the bridge and the only Metrobus route that connected Maryland and Virginia by bus. Route description and service Background The NH2 was created as a plot route on October 23, 2016 due to high demand. The route would be a plot for nine months and if successful, the NH2 would become a permanent route in 2017. The route is funded by National Harbor developer Peterson Companies, the City of Alexandria, Fairfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SmarTrip
SmarTrip is a contactless stored-value smart card payment system managed by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) uses a compatible payment system called CharmCard. A reciprocity agreement between the MTA and WMATA allows either card to be used for travel on any of the participating transit systems in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Unlike traditional paper farecards or bus passes, SmarTrip/CharmCard is designed to be permanent and reloadable; the term "SmarTrip" may refer to both payment systems unless otherwise noted. WMATA began using SmarTrip for payment on Metrorail in 1999 followed shortly by Metrobus and Metro parking lots. It was later extended to other public transit systems throughout the region. Although WMATA initially drew criticism due to the limited number of SmarTrip sales locations, distribution has expanded to local convenience stores and supermarkets. By late 2012 all Metrorail st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacostia Station
Anacostia station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line. The station is located in the Anacostia neighborhood of Southeast Washington, with entrances at Shannon Place and Howard Road near Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE (a major street serving the southeastern portion of the city). The station serves as a hub for Metrobus routes in Southeast, Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland. Station layout The architecture at Anacostia is unusual. Due to cost considerations and the station's shallow depth, the usual arched ceiling was abandoned in favor of flat concrete walls and a ceiling of small barrel vaults (oriented perpendicular to the tracks) similar to the upper coffers in the six-coffer arch station design. The station is an underground stop because the distance between the Anacostia River tunnels and the station is too short to have permitted an above-ground stop. The station has entrances on both sides of DC-295/ I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Capitol Street
North Capitol Street is a street in Washington, D.C. that separates the Northwest, Washington, D.C., Northwest and Northeast, Washington, D.C., Northeast quadrants of the city. Route description North Capitol Street begins at D Street in Lower Senate Park, between Louisiana and Delaware Avenues north of the United States Capitol. It continues in a straight line northward until it reaches Michigan Avenue, where it curves eastward and then westward around the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center and the Armed Forces Retirement Home. For the between Irving Street and Clermont Drive, North Capitol Street is a limited-access road. North Capitol Street ceases to exist after Harewood Road. For , it is named Clermont Drive. Beginning at Allison Street, Clermont Drive becomes Hawaii Avenue. Just after passing Buchanan Street, Hawaii Avenue reverts back to being North Capitol Street. North Capitol Street ceases to exist again at McDonald Place, and becomes Blair Road (which veers north-no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue is a primarily diagonal street in Washington, D.C. that connects the United States Capitol with the White House and then crosses northwest Washington, D.C. to Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown. Traveling through Southeast (Washington, D.C.), southeast Washington from the Capitol, it enters Prince George's County, Maryland, and becomes Maryland Route 4, MD Route 4 (MD 4) and then Maryland Route 717, MD Route 717 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Upper Marlboro, and finally Stephanie Roper Highway. The section of the avenue between the White House, which is sometimes referred to by its address "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue", and the Capitol forms the basis for the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site and is sometimes referred to as "America's Main Street"; it is the location of official parades and processions, and periodic protest marches. Pennsylvania Avenue is an important commuter road and is part of the National Highway System (United States), Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Street (Washington, D
M Street or "M" Street is the thirteenth of a sequence of alphabetical streets in many cities (or the twelfth if "I" or "J" is omitted). It may refer to: * M Street (Washington, D.C.) (3 such streets) * Greenland Hills, Dallas, also known as ''M Streets'' * M. Street, South Korean music group See also * M Street Bridge (other), regarding M Streets in Sacramento, California, and in Washington, D.C. * M Street High School, Washington, D.C. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallery Place Station
Gallery Place station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., United States, on the Green, Yellow and Red Lines. It is one of the 4 major transfer points, a transfer station between the Red Line on the upper level and the Green/Yellow Lines on the lower level. Gallery Place is located in Northwest Washington, with entrances at 7th and F, 7th and H, and 9th and G Streets. The station's only street elevator is north of F Street on the east side of 7th Street. The station, which is beneath Capital One Arena, serves that arena and the surrounding Chinatown and Penn Quarter neighborhoods in downtown Washington. Station layout Like other downtown transfer stations, Gallery Place has a two-level configuration. However, unlike Metro Center and L'Enfant Plaza, where the platforms cross centrally, the Green and Yellow Line platforms are located near the east end of the station, resulting in an off-balance layout. This is a result of the Green and Yellow Lines' location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
