Deanwood (WMATA station)

Deanwood

Station statistics

Address

4720 Minnesota Avenue, Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20019

Lines

Connections

Structure

Surface

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

194 spaces

Bicycle facilities

8 racks, 4 lockers

Other information

Opened

November 20, 1978

Accessible

Code

D10

Owned by

Traffic

Passengers (2001)

676,710 0%

Services

Preceding station		Washington Metro		Following station
Minnesota Avenue toward Vienna		Orange Line		Cheverly toward New Carrollton

Deanwood is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Orange Line, the station is the final eastbound station in the District at Minnesota Avenue and 48th Street. It is architecturally similar to its sister station, Minnesota Avenue.

The station opened on November 20, 1978.^[1]^[2] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)^[3] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Landover, Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton stations.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post: C1
^ ^a ^b Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post: D1
^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved August 2, 2010.

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