Bethesda (Washington Metro)

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Bethesda

Station statistics

Address

7450 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814

Lines

Red Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Bicycle facilities

48 racks, 44 lockers

Other information

Opened

August 25, 1984

Accessible

Code

A09

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

3.843 million ▲ 8%

Services

Preceding station		Metrorail		Following station
Medical Center toward Shady Grove		Red Line		Friendship Heights toward Glenmont

Station entrance pylon

Bethesda is a Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland on the Red Line. It is the first station wholly within Montgomery County, just after the Red Line leaves the District of Columbia.

The station serves downtown Bethesda, an affluent suburb of Washington, below the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue (Maryland Route 355) and Montgomery Lane. Its escalators empty into a bus depot served by Metrobus, Ride-On, and the Bethesda 8 Trolley, situated one level below the intersection of Wisconsin, Old Georgetown Road (Maryland Route 187), and East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410).

The station's construction has been a major boon to the area, with several office buildings being built on (in the Bethesda Metro Center complex) and around it. The station opened on August 25, 1984 when Red Line service was extended to Grosvenor.

This station is planned to be one of the Metro stations on the Purple Line system, formerly known as the Bi-County Transitway.