Dupont Circle (Washington Metro)

Dupont Circle (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = Dupont Circle

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address = 1525 20th Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20036
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platform = 2 side platforms
tracks = 2
parking =
bicycle = 16 racks, 12 lockers
passengers = 8.424 million
pass_year = 2006
pass_percent = 2
opened = January 17, 1977
rebuilt =
ADA = Yes
code = A03
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Dupont Circle is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line.

The station, which serves the northwest edge of downtown Washington, lies under Dupont Circle and has two entrances: the north entrance, on Q Street Northwest between Connecticut Avenue and 20th Street, NW, and the south entrance, on 19th Street Northwest between Dupont Circle and Sunderland Place. The station's escalators are 188 feet long. [Karush, Sarah. [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-blackout0613,0,6005199.story 'Friday the 13th' blackout hits nation's capital] . "Associated Press". Baltimore Sun. 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2008-06-13.]

The station was constructed underneath a former streetcar tunnel and another tunnel that carries Connecticut Avenue traffic. Service began on January 17, 1977. It is the fifth-busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 23,400 passengers per weekday as of May 2006.cite web |title=Request for Expressions of Interest for Operation of Retail Services in Metrorail Stations |publisher=WMATA |date=2007-02-16 |url=http://www.wmata.com/bus2bus/reoi/reoi.pdf]

Notable places nearby

* Brookings Institution
* Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* Emerson Preparatory School
* Embassy Row
* The Eurasia Center
* Kramerbooks & Afterwords
* Peterson Institute
* The Phillips Collection
* Radio Free Asia

Bus routes

Metrobus

* 42
* D1, D3, D6
* D2
* G2
* H1
* L1
* N2, N4, N6

References

External links

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=6 Dupont Circle Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/DUPONTCI/dupontci.html Dupont Circle Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/red-line.asp?station=A03 Dupont Circle Station]


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