Benning Road station is an island-platformed

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station in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the

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(WMATA). Providing service for the

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and

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Lines, the station is located in a residential area near the intersection of

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and

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. It is the first station after the Blue and Silver Lines diverge from the Orange Line east of the

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, and also the last station in the District of Columbia going east.

History

The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of of rail east of the

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and the opening of the Addison Road and Capitol Heights stations. In December 2012, Benning Road was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the

, but was extended into

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, to the Largo Town Center station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line, now known as ) due to safety concerns about a

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just east of Stadium–Armory. Silver Line service at Benning Road began on July 26, 2014.

Station layout

The station features the 22-coffer "waffle" ceiling vault design among , , , , and .

References

External links

* * The Schumin Web Transit Center
Benning Road Station

Benning Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
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