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.

Aliases (18)

Metrorail ×6
Metrorail Blue Line ×2
Metrorail Yellow Line ×2
Washington Metro rail system ×2
Arlington–Washington, D.C. transit network ×1
Blue Line ×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
Washington Metro Blue Line ×1
Washington Metro Orange Line ×1
Washington Metro Red Line ×1
Washington Metro at New Carrollton ×1
Washington Metro stations ×1
Washington Metro system ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public transportation system → rapid transit system →
alsoKnownAs	Metro → Metrorail →
connectsTo	Amtrak → MARC Train → Metrobus → Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport → Virginia Railway Express → Washington Dulles International Airport →
constructionStart	1969 →
country	United States →
dailyRidershipPeak	over 700000 →
electrification	750 V DC third rail →
fareCollection	automatic faregates →
fareMedia	SmarTrip card →
fareSystem	distance-based fare →
fundedBy	Commonwealth of Virginia → District of Columbia → State of Maryland → United States federal government →
governingBody	WMATA Board of Directors →
hasColorCoding	yes →
hasLine	Blue Line → Green Line → Orange Line → 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	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 (113)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ashburn station → Ballston–MU station → Blue Line (Washington Metro) → Branch Avenue station → Deanwood station → East Falls Church station → Green Line (Washington Metro) → Loudoun Gateway station → Naylor Road station → Orange Line (Washington Metro) → Orange Line (Washington Metro) → Potomac Yard–VT Metrorail station → Prince George's Plaza station → Red Line (Washington Metro) → Silver Line (Washington Metro) → Southern Avenue station → Spring Hill station → Vienna station → Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station → Washington Metro Green Line → Washington Metro Red Line → Washington Metro Yellow Line → Waterfront station → Yellow Line (Washington Metro) →	system
Archives station → Braddock Road station → Cheverly station → Clarendon station → College Park–University of Maryland station → Columbia Heights station → Court House station → Crystal City station (Washington Metro) → Dupont Circle station → Eisenhower Avenue station → Federal Triangle station → Gallery Place–Chinatown station → Georgia Avenue–Petworth station → Pentagon City station → Woodley Park–Zoo/Adams Morgan station →	partOfSystem
Archives–Navy Memorial–Penn Quarter station → Blue Line (Washington Metro) → Capitol South station → Green Line (Washington Metro) → New Carrollton station ("Washington Metro system") → Orange Line (Washington Metro) → Pentagon station → Potomac River tunnel ("Washington Metro rail system") → U Street/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station → Union Station (Washington, D.C.) ("National Mall and Capitol Hill area transportation network") → Washington Metro at Union Station → Yellow Line (Washington Metro) →	partOf
Alexandria, Virginia → Cheverly, Maryland → City of Alexandria, Virginia → Courthouse, Arlington → Downtown Washington, D.C. → Gallery Place–Chinatown station → L’Enfant Plaza → New Carrollton station → Rosslyn ("Washington Metro Blue Line") → Rosslyn ("Washington Metro Orange Line") → Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia → Seat Pleasant, Maryland →	servedBy
MARC → MARC Brunswick Line → MARC Train → Penn Line ("Washington Metro at New Carrollton") → VRE →	connectsWith
Arlington, Virginia ("Metrorail Orange Line") → Arlington, Virginia ("Metrorail Blue Line") → Arlington, Virginia ("Metrorail Yellow Line") → Chinatown (Washington, D.C.) → Northern Virginia →	hasTransportation
Ballston → Entertainment and Sports Arena → Nationals Park → Petworth → Terrace Theater →	publicTransitSystem
Franconia–Springfield Metro station → Greenbelt station → Metro Center station → Rosslyn station →	servesSystem
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ("Metrorail Yellow Line") → Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ("Metrorail Blue Line") →	connectedBy
Washington Metro ("Red Line") → Washington Metro ("Blue Line") →	hasLine
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority → Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("Metrorail") →	manages
Branch Avenue station ("Washington Metro rail system") → Foggy Bottom–GWU station →	partOfNetwork
Washington Metro ("Metrorail") →	alsoKnownAs
Jackson Graham Building →	associatedWith
Maryland Area Regional Commuter →	connectsTo
Rosslyn–Ballston corridor ("Washington Metro stations") →	developedAround
Washington Metro ("SmarTrip card") →	fareMedia
Tri-State Oversight Committee ("WMATA Metrorail system") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Clarendon →	hasPublicTransit
Washington, D.C. ("WMATA") →	hasPublicTransitOperator
Washington, D.C. →	hasPublicTransitSystem
AIA Twenty-five Year Award →	hasRecipient
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area →	hasTransportationInfrastructure
Rosslyn ("Metrorail") →	hasTransportationMode
Federal Triangle station ("Arlington–Washington, D.C. transit network") →	isPartOf
Gallery Place station →	network
Tri-State Oversight Committee →	oversightSubject
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("Metrorail") →	railSystemName
Friendship Heights →	servedByTransportSystem
Union Station (Washington, D.C.) ("Washington Metro Red Line") →	serves
Washington Metro ("Metrorail") →	shortName
Virginia Railway Express ("Metrorail") →	ticketIntegration
New Carrollton, Maryland →	transitHubFor
2009 Red Line collision →	transitSystem
Potomac River tunnel →	usedBy