Federal Center SW (Washington Metro)
- Federal Center SW (Washington Metro)
Infobox Station
name = Federal Center SW
logo_size = 50px
image_size =
image_caption =
address = 401 3rd Street, Southwest
Washington, D.C. 20024
line =
other =
platform = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
parking =
bicycle = 2 racks
passengers = 1.699 million
pass_year = 2001
pass_percent = 0
opened = July 1, 1977
rebuilt =
ADA = Yes
code = D04
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
zone =
services =
mpassengers =
Federal Center SW 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 is located at 3rd and D Streets, in an area of Southwest Washington known as the Southwest Federal Center, for the many federal buildings found there. Service began on July 1, 1977.
In preliminary maps this was named Voice of America station, after the government-owned radio service located a block away. In recognition of the possibility that VOA might move or the radio service might change its name in the years to come, the Metro facility instead got a more generic name.
Notable places nearby
* National Air and Space Museum
* National Museum of the American Indian
* United States Botanic Garden
* Several federal government buildings, including FEMA, the Department of Health and Human Services, NASA, Voice of America radio and television studios, and the Ford House Office Building.
Bus Routes
Metrobus
* 32, 36
* 39
* P1, P2, P6
* P17, P19
* W13
External links
* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=58 Federal Center SW Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/FEDCENSW/fedcensw.html Federal Center SW Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/blue-line.asp?station=F04 Federal Center SW Station]
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