Deanwood station
 Deanwood | |||||||||||
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| Location |
4720 Minnesota Avenue, Northeast Washington, D.C. 20019 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
 Orange Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 Metrobus: R12, U7, V14, W4 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||
| Parking | 194 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 8 racks, 4 lockers | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | D10 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 20, 1978 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
1,664 daily [1]  5.13% | ||||||||||
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Deanwood is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Orange Line, the station is the final station in the District of Columbia going east, the station is located at Minnesota Avenue and 48th Street Northeast. It is architecturally similar to its sister station, Minnesota Avenue.
The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Landover, Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Orange Line toward Vienna (Minnesota Avenue) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | → Orange Line toward New Carrollton (Cheverly) → | |
| M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
Notable places nearby
References
- ↑ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- 1 2 Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post, p. C1
- 1 2 Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
- ↑ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved August 2, 2010.
External links
Media related to Deanwood (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- WMATA: Deanwood Station
- StationMasters Online: Deanwood Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Deanwood Station
- Minnesota Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Polk Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 38°54′28.8″N 76°56′7.5″W / 38.908000°N 76.935417°W