Federal Triangle (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = Federal Triangle

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address = 302 12th Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20004
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platform = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
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bicycle = 20 racks
passengers = 3.972 million
pass_year = 2006
pass_percent = -3
opened = July 1, 1977
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ADA = Yes
code = D01
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Federal Triangle 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. The station's entrance is beneath the Ariel Rios Building. Service began on July 1, 1977.

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.

tation layout

Federal Triangle utilizes the simple island platform layout. There are two tracks: track D1 is used for New Carrollton and Largo Town Center bound trains track D2 is used for Vienna-Fairfax and Franconia-Springfield bound trains. [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 Federal Triangle and centrally-located 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 2008-09-11] There is a "waffle vault" ceiling at Federal Triangle 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 only one entrance to the platform level, located slightly south of the center of the platform. [http://world.nycsubway.org/us/washdc/blue.html Blue line] "NYCSubway" Retrieved 2008-09-11] Escalators from this mezzanine level lead to the plaza of the Ariel Rios 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.

Gallery

Notable places nearby

* Several federal government buildings in and near the Federal Triangle
** Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building (Department of Justice headquarters):
** Herbert C. Hoover Building (Department of Commerce headquarters)
*** National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.
*** White House Visitor Center
** Environmental Protection Agency
** J. Edgar Hoover Building (Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters)
** Old Post Office
** Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
* Freedom Plaza
* Pershing Park
* National Mall
** Several Smithsonian Institution museums on the Mall, including the National Museum of American History and National Museum of Natural History

Bus routes

Metrobus
* 11Y
* 13A, 13B, 13F, 13G
* 32, 36
* 37
* 39
* 52, 53, 54
* 66, 68
* A11
* N3
* P1, P2
* S2, S4
* X1OmniRide Commuter Bus
* OmniRide

References

External links

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=53 Federal Triangle Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/FEDTRIAN/fedtrian.html Federal Triangle Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/blue-line.asp?station=D01 Federal Triangle Station]