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| | L'Enfant Plaza | | Station statistics | | Address | 600 Maryland Avenue, Southwest
Washington, DC 20024 | | Lines | Metro: Blue Line, Orange Line, Yellow Line, Green Line
VREX: Fredericksburg Line, Manassas Line | | Other service | Silver Line (planned) | | Platforms | Side platforms (upper level)
Center platform (lower level) | | Tracks | four | | Other information | | Opened | July 1, 1977 | | Accessible |
 | | Code | F03 (upper level)
D03 (lower level) | | Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | | Fare zone | Zone 1 (VRE) | | Services | | |
 Station entrance pylon at L'Enfant Plaza. L'Enfant Plaza is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. served by the Blue, Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station with the Blue and Orange lines on the lower level, crossed by the Yellow and Green lines on the upper level. It is also where the Yellow and Green lines converge going north. It is the only station in the system to be served by four lines; when the Silver Line begins service in 2011, it will be the only station in the system to be served by five lines. In other words, the Red Line is the only line not to serve this station at all. Image File history File links Metro_logo. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 831 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) LEnfant Plaza station, showing the ceiling cross-vault. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
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The Jackson Graham Building, where Metro headquarters is located. ...
The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the rapid transit system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ...
Waterfront-SEU station entrance pylon. ...
Station artwork over stairs to the platform, entitled Departure. ...
Greenbelt station, end of the Green line on the Washington Metro The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 subway stations from Greenbelt to Branch Ave. ...
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Passengers disembark from a Green Line train upon arrival at Greenbelt. ...
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Platform at Huntington. ...
The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of twelve subway stations from Huntington to Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center. ...
Archives-Navy Meml-Penn Quarter is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Green and Yellow Lines. ...
An outbound train arrives on Fort Totten stations lower level. ...
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Platform of Franconia-Springfield station. ...
The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ...
Federal Center SW station. ...
A train waits for passengers at Largo Town Center station. ...
Smithsonian is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue and Orange Lines. ...
Passengers disembark from a late-night train at Vienna/Fairfax-GMU. Vienna/Fairfax-GMU is a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Orange Line. ...
The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 subway stations from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton. ...
Federal Center SW station. ...
New Carrollton station as seen from a nearby parking garage. ...
Smithsonian is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue and Orange Lines. ...
Route 772/Ryan Road is a planned Washington Metro station in Loudon County, Virginia on the Silver Line. ...
The future Silver Line will be an extension of the Washington Metro subway system consisting of 29 subway stations from Route 772 in Loudoun County to Stadium-Armory in the District of Columbia. ...
Federal Center SW station. ...
A train boards passengers at Stadium-Armory. ...
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter railroad service that connects the Northern Virginia area with Washington, DC. The VRE operates on two lines, the Fredericksburg line, which starts from Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Manassas line, which starts from Broad Run Airport in Bristow, Virginia. ...
Crystal City is a Washington Metro station in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. ...
Other information The Rippon (VRE station) is located at 10637 Piper Lane in Bristow, Virginia. ...
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter railroad service that connects the Northern Virginia area with Washington, DC. The VRE operates on two lines, the Fredericksburg line, which starts from Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Manassas line, which starts from Broad Run Airport in Bristow, Virginia. ...
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Crystal City is a Washington Metro station in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. ...
VRE: Other information Code FBG Traffic Passengers (2006) 66,125[1] 88% The Fredericksburg (Amtrak station) is located at 200 Lafayette Blvd. ...
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) is a commuter railroad service that connects the Northern Virginia area with Washington, DC. The VRE operates on two lines, the Fredericksburg line, which starts from Fredericksburg, Virginia and the Manassas line, which starts from Broad Run Airport in Bristow, Virginia. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1704 × 2272 pixel, file size: 737 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) LEnfant Plaza station entrance pylon, photographed by Ben Schumin, July 21, 2004. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1704 × 2272 pixel, file size: 737 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) LEnfant Plaza station entrance pylon, photographed by Ben Schumin, July 21, 2004. ...
The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the rapid transit system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ...
Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D...
The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ...
Greenbelt station, end of the Green line on the Washington Metro The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 subway stations from Greenbelt to Branch Ave. ...
The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 subway stations from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton. ...
The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of twelve subway stations from Huntington to Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center. ...
The future Silver Line will be an extension of the Washington Metro subway system consisting of 29 subway stations from Route 772 in Loudoun County to Stadium-Armory in the District of Columbia. ...
2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Red Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Shady Grove to Glenmont. ...
The station is located in Southwest, with entrances at the L'Enfant Plaza mall concourse at 9th and D Streets, on D Street between 6th and 7th Streets, at Maryland Avenue and 7th Street, and in the courtyard of the Department of Transportation building. It is in the center of an area crowded with federal buildings, and is a transfer station to easily cross the Potomac between Virginia and central Washington, making it a very busy station. Service began on the Blue and Orange level on July 1, 1977, and on the Green and Yellow level on April 30, 1983. This is the only case where a station's lower level began service before the upper level. Color-enhanced USGS satellite image of Washington, DC, taken April 26, 2002. ...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
It is somewhat of a joke amongst veteran Metro riders that Metro train operators commonly mispronounce the French name "L'Enfant" as "luh-font." The correct pronunciation is "lohn-FOHN," the "t" is silent and the first "n" is not.
L'Enfant Plaza is named for the French architect of the Federal District, Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Peter (Pierre) Charles LEnfant LEnfants plan for Washington, as revised by Andrew Ellicott Peter (Pierre) Charles LEnfant (2 August 1754; Paris, France – 14 June 1825; Prince Georges County, Maryland) was a French-born American architect and urban planner. ...
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FAA redirects here. ...
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External links - WMATA: L'Enfant Plaza Station
- StationMasters Online: L'Enfant Plaza Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level)
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level)
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