Fort Totten (WMATA station)

Fort Totten

Lower level
Station statistics
Address 550 Galloway Street NE
Washington, DC 20011
Lines
  Red Line
  Green Line
  Yellow Line off-peak hours
Connections WMATA Metrobus
Levels 2
Platforms 2 island platforms (1 per level)
Tracks 4 (2 per level)
Parking 408 spaces
Bicycle facilities 10 racks, 6 lockers
Other information
Opened February 6, 1978
Accessible
Code B06 (upper level)
E06 (lower level)
Owned by WMATA
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 2.661 million[1]
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Red Line
toward Glenmont
Green Line
toward Greenbelt
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line Terminus

Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green and Red Lines with Yellow Line service during off-peak hours. It is last station on the Green Line in the District of Columbia heading northeast.

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Location

Fort Totten is located in the middle of Fort Totten Park in Northeast and is accessed via Galloway Street. The station is considered to be in the neighborhood of Fort Totten, and is a short distance from the neighborhoods of Manor Park and Riggs Park. The station's name comes from a Civil War-era fortification which itself was named after General Joseph Gilbert Totten, the Chief Engineer of the antebellum US Army.

History

Service began on the Red Line (upper) platform on February 6, 1978, and on the Green Line (lower) platform on December 11, 1993. Beginning on December 31, 2006 as part of an 18-month trial, Metro extended Yellow Line service to Fort Totten station during non-rush hours and weekends.[2] In a press release, Councilmember Jim Graham said that the service change would support the "development and urban lifestyle" of the neighborhoods between the Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square stations.[3]

2009 Red Line collision

On June 22, 2009, two southbound Metro trains on the Red Line collided between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations, killing 9 and injuring 80, the deadliest accident in the system's history.[4]

Station layout

The lower-level platform for the Green Line (and the Yellow Line during off-peak times) is unique in that it is built into a hillside, part underground in a rock tunnel, and part at ground level in an open cut. A single-track connection east of the station allows trains to be moved between the Red and Green Lines, and was once used for the Green Line Commuter Shortcut service to Farragut North via the Red Line tracks, before the mid-city segment of the Green Line was completed in September 1999.

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References

  1. ^ Neighborhood profiles WDCEP Retrieved 2011-12-20
  2. ^ Weiss, Eric M (2006-12-30). "Yellow Line Is En Route to Fort Totten". The Washington Post: p. B01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR2006122901622.html. 
  3. ^ "Metro Extends Yellow Line to Fort Totten During Off-Peak Hours" (Press release). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2006-12-26. http://www.wmata.com/about/MET_NEWS/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1476. 
  4. ^ Lena H. Sun; Robert Thomson (June 22, 2009). "Red Line Collision Kills at Least 6". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/22/ST2009062202480.html. Retrieved June 23, 2009. 

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