Bethesda (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = Bethesda

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address = 7450 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
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platform = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
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bicycle = 48 racks, 44 lockers
passengers = 3.843 million
pass_year = 2006
pass_percent = 8
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opened = August 25, 1984
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ADA = Yes
code = A09
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Bethesda is a Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland on the Red Line. It is the first station wholly within Montgomery County, just after the Red Line leaves the District of Columbia.

The station serves downtown Bethesda, an affluent suburb of Washington, below the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue (Maryland Route 355) and Montgomery Lane. Its escalators empty into a bus depot served by Metrobus, Ride-On, and the Bethesda Circulator trolley bus, situated one level below the intersection of Wisconsin, Old Georgetown Road (Maryland Route 187), and East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410).

The station's construction has been a major boon to the area, with several office buildings being built on (in the Bethesda Metro Center complex) and around it. The station opened on August 25, 1984 when Red Line service was extended to Grosvenor.

This station is planned to be one of the Metro stations on the Purple Line system, formerly known as the Bi-County Transitway.

Nearby landmarks

* Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
* Capital Crescent Trail
* Chevy Chase Bank headquarters
* Consumer Product Safety Commission
* Imagination Stage
* Bethesda's Madonna of the Trail monument
* Sidwell Friends School, Bethesda campus

Bus routes

Metrobus
* J2, J3
* J4
* J7, J9Ride On Bus
* 29
* 30
* 32
* 33
* 34
* 36
* 42
* 47
* 70

References

External links

* WMATA (Metro): [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=12 Bethesda Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/BETHESDA/bethesda.html Bethesda Station]
* [http://www.bethesda.org/parking/circulatorinfo.htm Bethesda Circulator] - Free bus line
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/red-line.asp?station=A09 Bethesda Station]