Metrorail

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public transportation system rapid transit system urban rail transit

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

Aliases (7)

Metrorail Blue Line ×3
Metrorail Yellow Line ×3
Metrorail Green Line ×2
Metrorail Orange Line ×2
Metrorail Orange Line symbol ×1
Metrorail system ×1
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail system ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public transportation system → rapid transit system → urban rail transit →
beganOperation	1976 →
connectsTo	Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport → Union Station (Washington, D.C.) → Washington Dulles International Airport →
country	United States →
dailyRidership	hundreds of thousands of passengers →
electrification	third rail →
fareCollection	automatic fare gates →
fareIntegrationWith	DC Circulator → Metrobus →
fareMedia	SmarTrip card →
fareSystem	distance-based fares →
governingBody	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority →
hasColorCoding	line colors →
hasFeature	elevated sections → park-and-ride facilities → underground stations →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
line	Blue Line → Green Line NERFINISHED → Orange Line → Red Line → Silver Line → Yellow Line →
locale	Washington metropolitan area →
majorTransferStation	Gallery Place station → L’Enfant Plaza station →
numberOfLines	6 →
numberOfStations	over 90 →
openingDate	March 27, 1976 →
operator	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority →
owner	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority →
primaryHub	Metro Center station →
primaryPurpose	commuter transportation →
safetyAuthority	Washington Metrorail Safety Commission →
secondaryPurpose	tourist transportation →
serves	Maryland → Virginia → Washington, D.C. →
servesRegion	District of Columbia → Northern Virginia → Suburban Maryland →
shortName	Metro →
systemLength	approximately 117 miles →
trackGauge	standard gauge →
transitType	heavy rail →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ballston–MU station → Blue Line (Washington Metro) → Eisenhower Avenue station → Loudoun Gateway station → Orange Line (Washington Metro) → Shaw–Howard University station → Southern Avenue station → Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station →	partOfNetwork
L’Enfant Plaza ("Metrorail Green Line") → L’Enfant Plaza ("Metrorail Yellow Line") → L’Enfant Plaza ("Metrorail Blue Line") → L’Enfant Plaza ("Metrorail Orange Line") → West End (Alexandria, Virginia) ("Metrorail Blue Line") →	servedBy
Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. ("Metrorail Green Line") → Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. ("Metrorail Yellow Line") →	hasPublicTransit
Court House station → Fort Totten station →	hasService
National Landing ("Metrorail Blue Line") → National Landing ("Metrorail Yellow Line") →	transportationAccess
SmarTrip →	appliesTo
Fairfax Connector →	connectsTo
Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) →	fareIntegrationWith
Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) →	hasNetworkPartner
Clarendon Boulevard ("Metrorail Orange Line") →	hasPublicTransitAccess
Pentagon City →	hasTransportation
DC Circulator →	integrationWith
Dupont Circle station →	isOnNetwork
East Falls Church station →	isPartOfNetwork
Congress Heights station →	network
Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) →	operatedAlongside
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission ("Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail system") →	oversightOf
Tri-State Oversight Committee ("Metrorail system") →	oversightSubject
Metro Transit Police Department →	polices
Vienna/Fairfax–GMU station ("Metrorail Orange Line symbol") →	symbol
Capitol South station →	transitSystem
Courthouse, Arlington →	transportationMode