Green Line (Washington Metro)
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The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 subway stations from Branch Ave to Greenbelt. It starts in Prince George's County, Maryland, runs through the District of Columbia, and exits back out into Prince George's County. This was the last line started and completed in the original Metrorail plan, and is the north-south line through Washington. It shares four stations in Washington with the Yellow Line.
History
Service on the Green Line began on May 11, 1991 on three stations between U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo and Gallery Pl-Chinatown. However, initially, all trains through this section were run as Yellow Line as all trains, traveling to Huntington. The Green Line formally began on December 28, 1991, with three stations south of L'Enfant Plaza to Anacostia. At this time, the Yellow Line above Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center was discontinued. The four station branch north of Fort Totten to Greenbelt opened on December 11, 1993. The mid-city line was completed on September 18, 1999 with two stations opening, and the last five stations south to Branch Ave opened on January 13, 2001, completing the system.
A short time after the branch north of Fort Totten opened, on January 27, 1997, the Green Line Commuter Shortcut began as a six month experiment, allowing passengers to get on a train on the Green Line segment and travel as far as Farragut North on the Red Line without having to switch trains at Fort Totten. This was accomplished by utilizing a single-track spur between the Green and Red Lines near Fort Totten station. Due to its success, it was continued until September 17, 1999 when the mid-city portion of the Green Line was completed.
List of stations, south to north
- Branch Avenue
- Suitland
- Naylor Road
- Southern Ave
- Congress Heights
- Anacostia
- Navy Yard
- Waterfront-SEU
- L'Enfant Plaza (Transfer station for the Blue, Orange, and planned Silver Lines, and Yellow Line joins on same track)
- Archives-Navy Mem'l-Penn Quarter
- Gallery Pl-Chinatown (Transfer station for the Red Line)
- Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center (Yellow Line diverges)
- Shaw-Howard Univ
- U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo
- Columbia Heights
- Georgia Ave-Petworth
- Fort Totten (Transfer station for the Red Line)
- West Hyattsville
- Prince George's Plaza
- College Park-U of Md
- Greenbelt
See also
External links
- world.nycsubway.org: [Green Line]
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