Foggy Bottom–GWU (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = Foggy Bottom-GWU

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address = 2301 I Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20037
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platform = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
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bicycle = 10 racks, 20 lockers
passengers = 6.941 million
pass_year = 2001
pass_percent = 0
opened = July 1, 1977
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ADA = Yes
code = C04
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Foggy Bottom-GWU is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Blue and Orange Lines. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011. It is the last station inside the District of Columbia on these lines before they dive under the Potomac River to Virginia.

History

Foggy Bottom-GWU station was part of the original plans for the Washington Metro. It opened on 1 July 1977 as part of an 11.8 mile (18.9km) extension of the system between National Airport and Stadium-Armory stations, the first of what would eventually become the Blue and Orange lines. [http://wmata.com/about/metrofacts.pdf Metro facts] "WMATA" Retrieved 2008-09-18]

tation layout

Foggy Bottom-GWU uses a simple island platform layout: one platform with a track on each side. Track C1 carries eastbound trains to New Carrollton and Largo Town Center whilst track C2 is used by westbound trains to Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and Franconia-Springfield. [http://mysite.verizon.net/cambronj/ John R Cambron track maps] "John R Cambron" Retrieved 2008-09-11] 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 Foggy Bottom-GWU and other busy stations after a successful pilot at Gallery Place-Chinatown. [http://wmata.com/about/met_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2029 Metro installing more red platform edge lights] "WMATA" Retrieved 2008-09-18] There is a twenty-two coffer "waffle vault" ceiling at Foggy Bottom-GWU as it was one of the first stations to be built in the system; later underground stations abandoned this design for a simpler concrete arch.

There is a single mezzanine located at the centre of the platform. [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/washdc/blue.html Blue line] "NYCSubway" Retrieved 2008-09-18] Escalators from here allow passengers to descend to platform level or to the sole entrance and exit of the station at the northwestern corner of I and 23rd Streets. [http://wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/evacuation/16.040.pdf Foggy Bottom-GWU evacuation map] "WMATA" Retrieved 2008-09-18] A total of two elevators and six escalators (three between the street and mezzanine and three between the mezzanine and platform) are currently in use at the station. [https://www.smartrip.com/stcnd/stations_eles_stts?v_stname=Foggy+Bottom-GWU Foggy Bottom-GWU elevator and escalator status] "WMATA" Retrieved 2008-09-18]

Location

Foggy Bottom-GWU serves the neighborhood of Foggy Bottom and George Washington University. It is also the nearest station to Georgetown. The station is located at 23rd and I St in Northwest, at the northwest end of the George Washington University campus, just south of Washington Circle, and under the George Washington University Hospital. Service began on July 1, 1977. The World Bank is one block north and east at Pennsylvania Avenue and 22nd Street and The Watergate is slightly more than .75 miles (1.2km) southwest of the station. Slightly south of The Watergate is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Gallery

Bus connections

Metrobus
* 31
* 32, 36
* 37
* 38B
* 39
* 80
* H1
* L1
* N3

References

External links

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=40 Foggy Bottom-GWU Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/FOGGYBOT/foggybot.html Foggy Bottom-GWU Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/blue-line.asp?station=C04 Foggy Bottom-GWU Station]