Dupont Circle (Washington Metro)

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Dupont Circle

Station statistics

Address

1525 Twentieth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20036

Lines

Red Line

Platforms

Side platform

Tracks

two

Bicycle facilities

16 racks, 12 lockers

Other information

Opened

January 17, 1977

Accessible

Code

A03

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Services

Previous station		Washington Metro		Next station
Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan toward Shady Grove		Red		Farragut North toward Glenmont

Dupont Circle is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Red Line.

The station serves the northwest edge of downtown Washington, lying under Dupont Circle with two entrances: the north entrance, on Q Street Northwest between Connecticut Avenue and 20th Street, N.W., and the south entrance, on 19th Street. The Q Street entrance features a large round hole with terraced plants around the escalator, and a tube at the edge, giving riders on the escalator the impression that they are descending into what is locally known as "the bowl." The station had to be built very deep to get under a former streetcar tunnel which goes under the circle, as well as Rock Creek Park. Service began on January 17, 1977.