Tenleytown-AU (Washington Metro)

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Tenleytown-AU

Station statistics

Address

4501 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20016

Lines

Red Line

Platforms

Center platform

Tracks

two

Parking

17 spaces (parking meters)

Bicycle facilities

20 racks, 20 lockers

Other information

Opened

August 25, 1984

Accessible

Code

A07

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Services

Previous station		Washington Metro		Next station
Friendship Heights toward Shady Grove		Red		Van Ness-UDC toward Glenmont

Tenleytown-AU is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Red Line. It is the last station wholly within the District of Columbia, before the Red Line enters Montgomery County, Maryland.

As its name indicates, Tenleytown-AU serves the neighborhood of Tenleytown, and American University, part of which is situated at Tenley Circle and whose main campus is located roughly one mile (1.67km) west of the actual station. The University operates a shuttle bus between main campus and the station.

The station is located on the 4500 block of Wisconsin Avenue at Albemarle Street, NW, with exits on either side of Wisconsin Avenue. Service began on August 25, 1984, when the Red Line inaugurated service to Grosvenor.

Originally, the station was named simply "Tenley Circle"; however, American University paid WMATA to change the name for public relations purposes.^{[citation needed]}