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campus in the

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neighborhood of

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. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, 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 on I Street on the

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(GWU) campus. It is the last westbound station in the District of Columbia on these lines before they dive under the

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History

The station opened on July 1, 1977. Its opening coincided with the completion of of rail between

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and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle,

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, Pentagon,

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, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations. Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.

Station layout

Foggy Bottom–GWU uses a simple

layout: one platform with a track on each side. Track C1 carries eastbound trains to New Carrollton and Largo Town Center whilst track C2 is used by westbound trains to

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and Franconia–Springfield. As with all stations on the Metro, there are platform edge lights to warn passengers of incoming trains. In 2008, the WMATA installed red-colored LED lights at Foggy Bottom–GWU and other busy stations after a successful pilot at Gallery Place. There is a 22 coffer "waffle vault" ceiling at Foggy Bottom–GWU as it was one of the first stations to be built in the system; later underground stations abandoned this design for a simpler concrete arch. There is a single mezzanine located at the center of the platform. Escalators from here allow passengers to descend to platform level or to the sole entrance and exit of the station at the northwestern corner of I and 23rd Streets. A total of two elevators and six escalators (three between the street and mezzanine and three between the mezzanine and platform) are currently in use at the station.

Location

Foggy Bottom–GWU serves the neighborhood of

and the campus of

. It is also the nearest station to the Georgetown neighborhood. The station is located at 23rd and I streets in Northwest, just south of

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, and at the front entrance to the

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. Service began on July 1, 1977. The

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is located one block south and eight blocks east at

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and 18th Street and

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is slightly more than .75 miles (1.2 km) southwest of the station. Slightly south of The Watergate is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Notable places nearby

* School Without Walls * Harry S Truman Building (

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) * Lincoln Memorial * Georgetown * Downtown *

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References

External links

* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Foggy Bottom–GWU Station

23rd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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