L'Enfant Plaza (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = L'Enfant Plaza

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image_size = 250
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address = 600 Maryland Avenue, Southwest
6th & 7th Streets at C Street, Southwest (VRE)
Washington, D.C. 20024
line =
other = Virginia Railway Express:
platform = 2 side platforms (upper level)
1 island platform (lower level)
tracks = 2 upper level, 2 lower level
parking =
bicycle =
passengers = 7.341 million
pass_year = 2001
pass_percent = 0
opened = July 1, 1977
rebuilt =
ADA = Yes
code = F03 (upper level)
D03 (lower level)
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
zone = Zone 1 (VRE)
services =
mpassengers =

L'Enfant Plaza is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. served by the Blue, Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station, with the Blue and Orange lines on the lower level crossed by the Yellow and Green lines on the upper level. It is also where the Yellow and Green lines converge going north. It is the only station in the system to be served by four lines; when the Silver Line begins service in 2011, it will be the only station in the system to be served by five lines. Only the Red Line does not serve the station.

The station is located in Southwest Washington, with entrances at the L'Enfant Plaza shopping mall concourse at 9th and D Streets, on D Street between 6th and 7th Streets, at Maryland Avenue and 7th Street, and in the courtyard of the former United States Department of Transportation building. It is in the center of an area crowded with federal buildings, and is a transfer point allowing passengers to easily cross the Potomac between Virginia and central Washington, making it a very busy station. Service began on the Blue and Orange level on July 1, 1977, and on the Green and Yellow level on April 30, 1983. This is the only station in which the lower level began service before the upper level.Fact|date=October 2008

L'Enfant Plaza is named for the French-American planner of Washington, D.C., Pierre Charles L’Enfant.

The Virginia Railway Express L'Enfant station is adjacent, located between 6th and 7th Streets.

Notable nearby locations

* L'Enfant Plaza
* National Mall
* Several Smithsonian Institution museums, including:
** Arts and Industries Building (currently closed)
** Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
** National Air and Space Museum
* Several federal government buildings, including:
** James V. Forrestal Building, the Department of Energy headquarters
** Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, the Department of Housing and Urban Development headquarters
** Department of Transportation
** Federal Aviation Administration
** United States Postal Service

Bus routes

;Metrobus
* 13A, 13B, 13F, 13G
* 32, 36
* 39
* 52, 54
* 5A
* 70, 71
* A9
* P17, P19
* V5
* V7, V8, V9
* W13;Loudoun County Commuter Bus
* Loudoun County;OmniRide Commuter Bus
* OmniRide

External links

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=82 L'Enfant Plaza Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/LENFNTPL/lenfntpl.html L'Enfant Plaza Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/green-line.asp?station=F03 L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level)]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/blue-line.asp?station=D03 L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level)]
* VRE: [http://www.vre.org/service/stations/lenfant.htm L'Enfant Station]