Van Ness–UDC station

Van Ness–UDC
Washington Metro rapid transit station
Location	4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008
Coordinates	38°56′40.4″N 77°3′48.7″W / 38.944556°N 77.063528°WCoordinates: 38°56′40.4″N 77°3′48.7″W / 38.944556°N 77.063528°W
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: H2, L1, L2, W45, W47
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	9 racks, 8 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	A06
History
Opened	December 5, 1981
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	6505 daily [1]  1.42%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Tenleytown–AU toward Shady Grove Red Line Cleveland Park toward Glenmont

Van Ness–UDC is an island platformed Washington Metro station serving the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on December 5, 1981, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station is on the 4200 block of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, with exits on either side of Connecticut Avenue. The station is also close to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), as well as to both Howard University School of Law and the Edmund Burke School. Other attractions are easily reachable from the station because of its position at the intersection of Veazey Street and Connecticut Avenue.^[2]

Location

Van Ness–UDC station is the final station in the tunnel beneath Connecticut Avenue, one of Washington's busiest thoroughfares. After trains leave the station, the tunnel shifts westwards underneath Yuma Street^[2] and at the next station, Tenleytown–AU, the tunnel then parallels the route of Wisconsin Avenue into Maryland.

Notable places nearby

• University of the District of Columbia
• Howard University School of Law
• Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
• Peirce Mill
• University of the District of Columbia- David A. Clarke School of Law

History

The station opened on December 5, 1981.^[3][4] Its opening coincided with the completion of 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of rail northwest of the Dupont Circle station and the opening of the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park stations.^[3][4][5] It would serve as the northwestern terminus of the Red Line from its opening through the opening of an extension to the then named Grosvenor station on August 25, 1984.^[6]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Westbound	← Red Line toward Shady Grove (Tenleytown–AU)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Red Line toward Glenmont (Cleveland Park) →

Architecturally, Van Ness–UDC is similar to other stations along the underground stretch of the Red Line between Woodley Park and Medical Center. Because of the high cost of the waffle design and the relative large depth of these stations, pre-fabricated concrete segments were shipped to the construction site and placed together to form the structure of the station.^[3] This resulted in what is now known as the "Arch I" station design of the Washington Metro.^[7]

References

1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
2. Wayne Whitehorne (January 17, 2009). "The Red Line". Retrieved August 1, 2010.
3. Burgess, John (December 4, 1981), "The new northwest passage; 3 more stops on the Red Line...", The Washington Post, p. B1
4. Burgess, John (December 5, 1981), "3 Metro stations opening today", The Washington Post, p. B7
5. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2010.
6. Brisbane, Arthur S. (August 26, 1984), "All aboard; Metro festivities welcome latest Red Line extension", The Washington Post, p. A1
7. Washington, D.C. Metro by NYC Subway

External links

• WMATA: Van Ness–UDC Station
• Veazey Terrace entrance from Google Maps Street View