Federal Triangle station

Federal Triangle
rapid transit station
Station platform in January 2004
Location 302 12th Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20004
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Metrobus: 16C, 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 59, 63, 64, A9, S2, S4, X1
DC Circulator
MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
OmniRide Commuter
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 20 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code D01
History
Opened July 1, 1977 (July 1, 1977)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 7,555 daily [1] Decrease 0.07%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line
toward Vienna
Orange Line
Silver Line

Federal Triangle is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Downtown Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines, the station's entrance is beneath the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building. On January 13, 1982, an eastbound Metro train on the Orange Line derailed just east of the station resulting in three fatalities, the first fatalities in the system's history.[2]

The station opened on July 1, 1977.[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[4] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations.[5] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.[6] Silver Line service at Federal Triangle began on July 26, 2014.[7]

Location

The station serves an area of Washington crowded with federal buildings, on 12th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue NW and Constitution Avenue NW, including the triangular area formed by 15th Street, Constitution, and Pennsylvania known as Federal Triangle, from which the station takes its name. The triangle includes such federal buildings as the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the Herbert C. Hoover Building (Department of Commerce), and the buildings of the Internal Revenue Service and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Station layout

Federal Triangle utilizes the simple island platform layout. There are two tracks: track D1 is used for trains bound for New Carrollton and Largo Town Center, and track D2 is used for trains going to Vienna, Wiehle - Reston East and Franconia-Springfield.[8] As with all stations on the Metro, there are platform edge lights to warn passengers of incoming trains. In 2008, WMATA installed red-colored LED lights at Federal Triangle and centrally-located stations after a successful pilot at Gallery Place-Chinatown.[9] There is a coffered barrel-vault ceiling at Federal Triangle, as is typical of other Washington Metro stations built at that time.

There is only one entrance to the platform level, located slightly south of the center of the platform.[10] Escalators from this mezzanine level lead to the plaza of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building. A flat square on the ceiling of the station denotes a possible second entrance to the station; this has yet to be used. Similar walls can be found at stations such as Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter.

G Street level Exit/entrance
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Metro Center)
← toward Vienna (Metro Center)
← toward Wiehle–Reston East (Metro Center)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Blue and Silver Lines toward Largo Town Center (Smithsonian) →
→ toward New Carrollton (Smithsonian) →

Notable places nearby

12th Street NW pylon

References

  1. ↑ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. May 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ Stephen J. Lynton (January 14, 1982). "Metro Train Derails; 3 Die".
  3. ↑ Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
  4. ↑ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). WMATA. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post, June 24, 1977
  6. ↑ Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
  7. ↑ Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "John R Cambron track maps". Retrieved September 11, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Metro installing more red platform edge lights" (Press release). WMATA. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Blue line". NYCSubway. Retrieved September 11, 2008.

Coordinates: 38°53′38″N 77°01′43″W / 38.893814°N 77.028515°W / 38.893814; -77.028515

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