Columbia Heights (WMATA Station)
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Columbia Heights station is a
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station in
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, on the Green Line. Due to successful redevelopment since the station's opening, Columbia Heights is one of the busiest Metro stops outside the downtown core, with over four million exits in 2010.


History

The station is located in
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Washington at 14th and Irving Streets (entrances at both the Southwest and Northeast corners), serving both the Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. It is also close to the
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neighborhood. Service began on September 18, 1999. On May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from to , following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on its bridge over the
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and its tunnel leading into . Thus, it no longer services this station. Half of all Yellow Line trains will be re-extended to Greenbelt in December 2025.


Station layout

The station has an
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located underneath 14th Street, with an entrance at the intersection with Irving Street. It also features the "Arch II" design found at Congress Heights, Georgia Avenue-Petworth, Glenmont, and
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.


Public art

Installed in 1999, ''Woven Identities'' is a mural and wall sculpture located in the Metro station. Installed as part of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities public art agenda the piece was created by D.C. architect Meghan Walsh, AIA and youth from Casa Del Pueblo Community Center. A series of painted panels, which appear like mosaics, the mural is abstract featuring faces representing the diversity of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Neon lights of many colors glow from behind the framed painted mosaics.


References


External links

* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Columbia Heights Station

Irving Street west entrance from Google Maps Street View

Irving Street east entrance from Google Maps Street View
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