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In February 2006, Metro officials chose Randi Miller, a car dealership employee from Woodbridge, Virginia, to record new "doors opening", "doors closing", and "please stand clear of the doors, thank you" announcements after winning an open contest to replace the messages recorded by Sandy Carroll in 1996. The "Doors Closing" contest attracted ...
Union Station, the busiest station in the system. The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station [ 5] Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West. Largo Town Center station, one of the newest stations. Arlington Cemetery station on a snowy day. Elevated platform at National Airport.
Silver Line. The Silver Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 34 stations in Loudoun County, Fairfax County and Arlington County, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Maryland. The Silver Line runs from Ashburn in Virginia to Downtown Largo in Maryland.
Foggy Bottom–GWUKennedy Center. / 38.900842°N 77.050426°W / 38.900842; -77.050426. Foggy Bottom–GWU station is a Washington Metro station in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The island-platformed station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit ...
Metro Center. / 38.898303°N 77.028099°W / 38.898303; -77.028099. Metro Center station is the central hub station of the Washington Metro, a rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. The station is located in Downtown, centered on the intersection of 12th Street NW and G Street NW. It is one of the 4 major transfer points in the ...
Website. wmata .com. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA / wəˈmɑːtə / wə-MAH-tə ), [ 3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between ...
Dupont Circle. / 38.909499; -77.04362. Dupont Circle station is an underground rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in Washington, D.C. Located below the traffic circle, it is one of the busiest stations in the Metro system, with an average of 16,948 entries each weekday. [ 3] The station parallels Connecticut Avenue NW ...
Beyoncé ensured her fans got home from her Renaissance Tour stop in Washington, D.C., by paying $100,000 to keep the city’s Metro stations open late. “Due to inclement weather that may delay ...