Van Ness – UDC (WMATA station)

Van Ness-UDC
Station statistics
Address 4200 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20008
Lines
  Red Line
Connections WMATA Metrobus
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Bicycle facilities 9 racks, 8 lockers
Other information
Opened December 5, 1981; 30 years ago (December 5, 1981)
Accessible
Code A06
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 2.723 million  5%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Red Line
toward Glenmont

Van Ness-UDC is an island platformed Washington Metro station serving the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on December 5, 1981, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station is on the 4200 block of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, with exits on either side of Connecticut Avenue. The station is also nearest to the University of the District of Columbia, whose name lends the -UDC suffix and both Howard University School of Law and the Edmund Burke School. Other attractions are easily reachable from the station because of its position at the intersection of Veazey Street and Connecticut Avenue.[1]

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Location

Van Ness-UDC station is the final station in the tunnel beneath Connecticut Avenue, one of Washington's busiest thoroughfares. After trains leave the station, the tunnel shifts westwards underneath Yuma Street[1] and at the next station, Tenleytown–AU, the tunnel then parallels the route of Wisconsin Avenue into Maryland.

History

The station opened on December 5, 1981.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of rail northwest of the Dupont Circle station and the opening of the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park stations.[2][3][4] It would serve as the northwestern terminus of the Red Line from its opening through the opening of an extension to the then named Grosvenor station on August 25, 1984.[5]

Station layout

Architecturally, Van Ness-UDC is similar to other stations along the underground stretch of the Red Line between Woodley Park and Medical Center. Because of the high cost of the waffle design and the relative large depth of these stations, pre-fabricated concrete segments were shipped to the construction site and placed together to form the structure of the station.[2] This resulted in what is now known as the "Arch I" station design of the Washington Metro.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Wayne Whitehorne (January 17, 2009). "The Red Line". http://www.stationreporter.net/dcred.htm. Retrieved August 1, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c Burgess, John (December 4, 1981), "The new northwest passage; 3 more stops on the Red Line...", The Washington Post: B1 
  3. ^ a b Burgess, John (December 5, 1981), "3 Metro stations opening today", The Washington Post: B7 
  4. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved August 1, 2010. 
  5. ^ Brisbane, Arthur S. (August 26, 1984), "All aboard; Metro festivities welcome latest Red Line extension", The Washington Post: A1 
  6. ^ Washington, D.C. Metro by NYC Subway

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