McPherson Square (WMATA station)

McPherson Square

Station statistics

Address

Lines

Silver Line (planned)

Connections

Structure

Underground

Platforms

Tracks

Bicycle facilities

1 rack

Other information

Opened

July 1, 1977

Accessible

Code

C02

Owned by

Traffic

Passengers (2001)

5.990 million 0%

Services

Preceding station	Washington Metro	Following station
Farragut West toward Franconia–Springfield	Blue Line	Metro Center toward Largo Town Center
Farragut West toward Vienna	Orange Line	Metro Center toward New Carrollton
Farragut West toward Route 772	Silver Line (planned)	Metro Center toward Stadium–Armory

McPherson Square is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Downtown Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for both the Blue and Orange Lines, the station is located between McPherson Square and Franklin Square, with two entrances on I Street at Vermont Avenue and 14th Street NW. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line route, which is expected to start operations in 2013.^[1] This is the main station to access the White House, and the Vermont Avenue exit is directly underneath the Department of Veterans Affairs building.

The station opened on July 1, 1977.^[2] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)^[3] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations.^[4] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.^[5]

Notable places nearby

^ Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (2010). "Dulles Metrorail Project Overview". http://www.dullesmetro.com/about/overview.cfm. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
^ Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post: A1
^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
^ Staff Reporters (June 24, 1977), "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post
^ Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post: D1

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