Gallery Pl-Chinatown (Washington Metro)

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Washington Metro station
Gallery Pl-Chinatown

Opened

December 15, 1976

Platform style

Side platforms (upper level)
Center platform (lower level)

RTU number

B01 (upper level)
F01 (lower level)

Next station		Next station
Metro Center	Red	Judiciary Square
Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter	Green	Mt Vernon Sq/ 7th St-Convention Center
Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter	Yellow	Mt Vernon Sq/ 7th St-Convention Center

Gallery Pl-Chinatown is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green, Red and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station between the Red Line and the other two lines.

Gallery Pl-Chinatown is located in Northwest Washington, with entrances at 7th and F, 7th and H, and 9th and G Streets. The station is right under and serves the Verizon Center, and the surrounding Chinatown and Penn Quarter neighborhoods in downtown Washington, D.C. The station is located very close to Metro Center, such that the lights of one are visible down the tunnel from the other.

The station was originally named "Gallery Place", after the nearby National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 1986, "Chinatown" was added to the name of the station, and in 2000, a large Chinese-style fan, entitled The Glory of the Chinese Descendants, was installed over the 7th and H Street entrance. [1]

1 Service
2 Improvements
3 Notable places nearby
4 External links

[edit] Service

Service began on December 15, 1976, as part of the original Red line that ran from Farragut North to Rhode Island Avenue. The opening of the station was delayed by a court order over lack of handicapped access, as it was originally supposed to open with the rest of the first stations on March 27, 1976. WMATA provided assurance that such access would be available by June 1, 1977.

Yellow line service was added on April 30, 1983, adding service to the Pentagon, and National Airport. In 1991, Green line service was added, with service at the time to U Street and Anacostia.

[edit] Improvements

Entrance to the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station, along 7th Street at the Verizon Center.

The Glory of the Chinese Descendants at the Chinatown exit

Plans are in the works to add a pedestrian tunnel to connect Gallery Pl-Chinatown with Metro Center, with details in Metro's Capital Improvement Plan dated September 12, 2002.

Beginning in 2004, this station has been the site of testing for new signage. As a result, there is far more signage in this station than most others, including lighted signs, as well as signage that isn't found anywhere else in the system.