Federal Triangle station

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Federal Triangle
File:Federal Triangle Station.jpg
Location 302 12th Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20004
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s) Blue Line Blue Line
Orange Line Orange Line
Silver Line Silver Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 13Y, 16Y, A9, D1, N3, S2, S4, X1
Bus transport DC Circulator
Bus transport MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
Bus transport OmniRide Commuter
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 20 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code D01
History
Opened July 1, 1977; 47 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 8,498 daily [1] Decrease 6.12%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line
toward Vienna
 Orange Line
Silver Line

Federal Triangle is an island 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 the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines, the station's entrance is beneath the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building. On January 13, 1982, an eastbound Metro train on the Orange Line derailed just east of the station resulting in three fatalities, the first fatalities in the system's history.[2]

The station opened on July 1, 1977.[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[4] 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, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations.[5] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.[6] Silver Line service at Federal Triangle began on July 26, 2014.[7]

Location

The station serves an area of Washington crowded with federal buildings, on 12th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue NW and Constitution Avenue NW, including the triangular area formed by 15th Street, Constitution, and Pennsylvania known as Federal Triangle, from which the station takes its name. The triangle includes such federal buildings as the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the Herbert C. Hoover Building (Department of Commerce), and the buildings of the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← Blue Line Blue Line toward Franconia–Springfield (Metro Center)
← Orange Line Orange Line toward Vienna (Metro Center)
← Silver Line Silver Line toward Wiehle – Reston East (Metro Center)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Blue Line Blue Line toward Largo Town Center (Smithsonian) →
→ Orange Line Orange Line toward New Carrollton (Smithsonian) →
→ Silver Line Silver Line toward Largo Town Center (Smithsonian) →

Federal Triangle utilizes the simple island platform layout. There are two tracks: track D1 is used for trains bound for New Carrollton and Largo Town Center, and track D2 is used for trains going to Vienna, Wiehle - Reston East and Franconia-Springfield.[8] As with all stations on the Metro, there are platform edge lights to warn passengers of incoming trains. In 2008, WMATA installed red-colored LED lights at Federal Triangle and centrally-located stations after a successful pilot at Gallery Place-Chinatown.[9] There is a coffered barrel-vault ceiling at Federal Triangle, as is typical of other Washington Metro stations built at that time.

There is only one entrance to the platform level, located slightly south of the center of the platform.[10] Escalators from this mezzanine level lead to the plaza of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building. A flat square on the ceiling of the station denotes a possible second entrance to the station; this has yet to be used. Similar walls can be found at stations such as Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter.

Notable places nearby

File:Federal Triangle pylon.jpg
12th Street NW pylon

References

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  7. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/all-aboard-metros-new-silver-line-rolls-down-the-tracks-for-the-first-time/2014/07/26/238aaa68-14cc-11e4-8936-26932bcfd6ed_story.html
  8. ↑ John R Cambron track maps John R Cambron Retrieved 2008-09-11
  9. ↑ Metro installing more red platform edge lights WMATA Retrieved 2008-09-11
  10. ↑ Blue line NYCSubway Retrieved 2008-09-11

External links

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