Foggy Bottom–GWU (Washington Metro)

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Foggy Bottom-GWU
Station statistics
Address	2301 I Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. 20037
Lines	Blue Line Orange Line Silver Line (planned)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	10 racks, 20 lockers
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1977
Accessible
Code	C04
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2001)	6.941 million ▬ 0%
Services
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station Rosslyn toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Farragut West toward Largo Town Center Rosslyn toward Vienna/Fairfax–GMU Orange Line Farragut West toward New Carrollton Rosslyn toward Route 772 Silver Line (planned) Farragut West toward Stadium–Armory

Foggy Bottom-GWU is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Blue and Orange Lines. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011. It is the last station inside the District of Columbia on these lines before they dive under the Potomac River to Virginia.

Foggy Bottom-GWU serves the neighborhood of Foggy Bottom and George Washington University. It is also the nearest station to Georgetown. The station is located at 23rd and I St in Northwest, at the northwest end of the George Washington University campus, just south of Washington Circle, and under the George Washington University Hospital. Service began on July 1, 1977.

[edit] Notable places nearby

• The George Washington University
  • George Washington University Hospital
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Lincoln Memorial
• National Mall
• U.S. State Department
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• The Watergate

[edit] Bus Routes

Metrobus

• 30, 32, 34, 35, 36
• 38B
• 80
• H1
• L1
• N3

[edit] External links

• WMATA: Foggy Bottom-GWU Station
• StationMasters Online: Foggy Bottom-GWU Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Foggy Bottom-GWU Station

• Foggy Bottom–GWU (Washington Metro) is at coordinates 38°54′03″N 77°03′02″W / 38.900842, -77.050426 (Foggy Bottom–GWU (Washington Metro))Coordinates: 38°54′03″N 77°03′02″W / 38.900842, -77.050426 (Foggy Bottom–GWU (Washington Metro))