Metro

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public transportation system rapid transit system

Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Metro canonical 5
METRO 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public transportation system ⓘ
rapid transit system ⓘ
colorCoding each line identified by a distinct color ⓘ
connectsTo Amtrak ⓘ
MARC Train ⓘ
Metrobus ⓘ
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ⓘ
Virginia Railway Express ⓘ
Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
electrification third rail ⓘ
fareSystem SmarTrip ⓘ
surface form: SmarTrip card

distance-based fares ⓘ
governingBody Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ
surface form: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board of Directors
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1976 ⓘ
line Blue Line ⓘ
Green Line ⓘ
Orange Line ⓘ
Red Line ⓘ
Silver Line ⓘ
Yellow Line ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of Brutalist architecture in stations ⓘ
vaulted underground station ceilings ⓘ
numberOfLines 6 ⓘ
numberOfStations 90+ ⓘ
openingDate 1976-03-27 ⓘ
operator Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ
owner Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ
partOf regional transit network of the Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
primaryFundingSource fare revenue ⓘ
subsidies from local jurisdictions ⓘ
primaryLocale Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
safetyAuthority Washington Metrorail Safety Commission ⓘ
safetyIncident 2009 Red Line collision ⓘ
serves Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Arlington County, Virginia

District of Columbia ⓘ
Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Montgomery County ⓘ
surface form: Montgomery County, Maryland

Prince George’s County, Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Prince George's County, Maryland

Virginia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
shortName Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Washington Metro ⓘ
surface form: Metrorail
systemLength over 100 miles ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
transitType heavy rail ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington Metro → alsoKnownAs → Metro ⓘ
Metro → shortName → Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Washington Metro
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → brandName → Metro ⓘ
METRO light rail → systemBrand → Metro ⓘ
this entity surface form: METRO
Metrorail → shortName → Metro ⓘ
Line 950 → operatorAbbreviation → Metro ⓘ