Washington Metro
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The Washington Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the United States. It has the second busiest rapid transit system in the United States. The New York City Subway is the busiest.
Lines
There are six lines in this system:
- Red Line, Opened 1976
- Blue Line, Opened 1977
- Orange Line, Opened 1978
- Yellow Line, Opened 1983
- Green Line, Opened 1991
- Silver Line, Opened 2014
History
The first part of the metro system opened on March 27, 1976. The rail system was completed on May 19th, 2023.
References
- 1 2 "WMATA Summary – Level Rail Car Performance For Design And Simulation" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. October 13, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ↑ Christie Dawson (4 December 2008). "Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Third Quarter 2008" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Douglas Feaver (25 October 1999). "Politics Couldn't Derail Metro, D.C.'s Engine of Change". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "Washington, D.C. Metro System Fast Facts". Cable News Network (CNN). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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