- Mount Vernon Square (WMATA station)
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Mt Vernon Square
7th St - Convention Center
Station statistics Address 700 M Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20001Lines Connections Metrobus
DC Circulator
Loudoun County Commuter BusStructure Underground Platforms 1 island platform Tracks 2 Bicycle facilities 6 racks Other information Opened May 11, 1991 Accessible 
Code E01 Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Formerly Mt Vernon Square-UDC (1991-2001)
Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center (2001-2011)Services Preceding station Washington Metro Following station toward Branch AvenueGreen Line Shaw – Howard Universitytoward Greenbelttoward HuntingtonYellow Line Shaw – Howard Universitytoward Fort TottenMt Vernon Square is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green and Yellow Lines. Yellow Line trains terminate service here in peak hours, and reverse direction using a pocket track just north of the station. Metro has been running off-peak and weekend Yellow Line trains north to Fort Totten since 2006.
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History
Service began on May 11, 1991. The station mezzanine was renovated in 2003 to coincide with the opening of the current Washington Convention Center. The renovation included additional faregates and a new street entrance.
On January 7, 2007, the fifth car of a six-car train derailed in the tunnel at the interlocking south of the station, sending twenty people to the hospital for minor injuries and significantly damaging a rail car.[1][2] Service resumed the next day at 5 AM.[3]
Location and naming
The station is located in Northwest at 7th and M Streets. It takes its name from the nearby Mount Vernon Square. Its subtitle is derived from the station's location along 7th Street NW, and its close proximity to the Washington Convention Center.
Originally planned to be named "Federal City College", the station was named "Mount Vernon Square - UDC" at the time of its 1991 opening. The station was renamed "Mt Vernon Sq/7th Street-Convention Center" in 2001. On November 3, 2011, the station was again renamed, taking "Mount Vernon Square" as the main name, with "7th Street - Convention Center" as a subtitle.[4]
References
- ^ Karush, Sarah (January 7, 2007). "20 Hurt After D.C. Subway Train Derails". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010700730.html. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ "Train passenger: 'I felt a very violent impact'". CNN. January 7, 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/07/dc.train.derail/index.html. Retrieved 2007-01-08.
- ^ Monday Metrorail service back to normal after sunday derailment WMATA Retrieved 10 September 2008
- ^ "Station names updated for new map" (Press release). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2011-11-03. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. http://www.webcitation.org/62yKzsSXn. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
External links
Media related to Mount Vernon Square/7th Street–Convention Center (Washington Metro) at Wikimedia Commons- WMATA: Mt. Vernon Square Station
- StationMasters Online: Mt Vernon Square Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Mt. Vernon Square Station
- M Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 38°54′20″N 77°01′19″W / 38.905645°N 77.021928°W
Categories:- Green Line (Washington Metro)
- Washington Metro stations in Washington, D.C.
- Yellow Line (Washington Metro)
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