Washington Metro

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public transportation system rapid transit system

Washington Metro is the rapid transit system serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive rail network connecting the city with its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia.

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All labels observed (28)

Label	Occurrences
Washington Metro canonical	208
Metrorail	6
Washington Metro rail network	3
Washington Metro system	3
Metrorail Blue Line	2
Metrorail Yellow Line	2
Washington Metro rail system	2
Arlington–Washington, D.C. transit network	1
Blue Line	1
Metrorail (Washington Metro)	1
Metrorail (Washington, D.C.)	1
Metrorail Orange Line	1
National Mall and Capitol Hill area transportation network	1
Red Line	1
SmarTrip card	1
WMATA	1
WMATA Metrorail system	1
WMATA rail network	1
WMATA rail system	1
Washington Metro Blue Line	1
Washington Metro Orange Line	1
Washington Metro Rail System	1
Washington Metro Red Line	1
Washington Metro at New Carrollton	1
Washington Metro rail line	1
Washington Metro stations	1
Washington Metropolitan Area transit network	1
Washington metropolitan area transit network	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public transportation system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Metro ⓘ Washington Metro ⓘ surface form: Metrorail
connectsTo	Amtrak ⓘ MARC Train ⓘ Metrobus ⓘ Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ⓘ Virginia Railway Express ⓘ Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ
constructionStart	1969 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dailyRidershipPeak	over 700000 ⓘ
electrification	750 V DC third rail ⓘ
fareCollection	automatic faregates ⓘ
fareMedia	Washington Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SmarTrip card
fareSystem	distance-based fare ⓘ
fundedBy	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
governingBody	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ surface form: WMATA Board of Directors
hasColorCoding	yes ⓘ
hasLine	Washington Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Blue Line Green Line ⓘ Orange Line ⓘ Washington Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Red Line Silver Line ⓘ Yellow Line ⓘ
hasSystemMap	Washington Metro system map ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1976 ⓘ
notableFeature	brutalist station architecture ⓘ underground vaulted stations ⓘ
numberOfLines	6 ⓘ
numberOfStations	90+ ⓘ
openingDate	1976-03-27 ⓘ
operatedBy	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ
operatorAbbreviation	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ surface form: WMATA
owner	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ⓘ
planningStart	1960s ⓘ
primaryMode	heavy rail ⓘ
rollingStockType	electric multiple units ⓘ
safetyAuthority	Washington Metrorail Safety Commission ⓘ
servesCity	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
servesRegion	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
servesState	Maryland ⓘ Virginia ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
website	https://www.wmata.com/ ⓘ

Referenced by (247)

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

Washington, D.C. → hasPublicTransitSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

Washington, D.C. → hasPublicTransitOperator → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: WMATA

Arlington, Virginia → hasTransportation → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail Orange Line

Arlington, Virginia → hasTransportation → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail Blue Line

Arlington, Virginia → hasTransportation → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail Yellow Line

Union Station → serves → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

this entity surface form: Washington Metro Red Line

Union Station → partOf → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)

this entity surface form: National Mall and Capitol Hill area transportation network

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport → connectedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail Yellow Line

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport → connectedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail Blue Line

Washington Metro → alsoKnownAs → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail

Washington Metro → hasLine → Washington Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Line

Washington Metro → hasLine → Washington Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blue Line

Washington Metro → fareMedia → Washington Metro self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SmarTrip card

Northern Virginia → hasTransportation → Washington Metro ⓘ

Rosslyn → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Metro Blue Line

Rosslyn → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Metro Orange Line

Rosslyn → hasTransportationMode → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail

Clarendon → hasPublicTransit → Washington Metro ⓘ

Foggy Bottom–GWU station → partOfNetwork → Washington Metro ⓘ

Virginia Railway Express → ticketIntegration → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail

Metro → shortName → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Metro

this entity surface form: Metrorail

City of Alexandria, Virginia → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

MARC Train → connectsWith → Washington Metro ⓘ

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → manages → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → railSystemName → Washington Metro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metrorail

VRE → connectsWith → Washington Metro ⓘ

2009 Red Line collision → transitSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

Courthouse, Arlington → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

Terrace Theater → publicTransitSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

Capital One Arena → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Gallery Place–Chinatown station

Green Line → partOf → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Green Line (Washington Metro)

Green Line → system → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Green Line (Washington Metro)

Orange Line → system → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Orange Line (Washington Metro)

Silver Line → system → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Silver Line (Washington Metro)

Pentagon Metro station → partOf → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Pentagon station

Yellow Line → partOf → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

Yellow Line → system → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

Nationals Park → publicTransitSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

Ballston → publicTransitSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

MARC → connectsWith → Washington Metro ⓘ

Maryland Area Regional Commuter → connectsTo → Washington Metro ⓘ

Alexandria, Virginia → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia → servedBy → Washington Metro ⓘ

Braddock Road station → partOfSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

Jackson Graham Building → associatedWith → Washington Metro ⓘ

Entertainment and Sports Arena → publicTransitSystem → Washington Metro ⓘ

Blue Line (Washington Metro) → system → Washington Metro ⓘ

Washington Metro Yellow Line → system → Washington Metro ⓘ

Capitol South Metro station → partOf → Washington Metro ⓘ

subject surface form: Capitol South station