Judiciary Square (WMATA station)

Judiciary Square
Station statistics
Address	450 F Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. 20001
Lines	Red Line
Connections	WMATA Metrobus
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	18 racks
Other information
Opened	March 27, 1976
Accessible
Code	B02
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	3.762 million  0.2%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Gallery Place toward Shady Grove Red Line Union Station toward Glenmont

Judiciary Square is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line.

Judiciary Square is located in Northwest, with entrances at 4th and D Street and 5th and F Street. It serves the many courthouses and municipal buildings in the area. The 5th and F Street entrance is in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, as the monument is built around the escalator and elevators. The 4th and D Street entrance is closed on weekends. Service began on March 27, 1976. This station is also the birthplace of the Metro, as the initial groundbreaking was held here on December 9, 1969.

Station layout

The station has 2 tracks with 2 side platforms, each of which has a platform-level faregate and an escalator directly to the surface, one of three Metro stations to be so equipped.

Notable places nearby

• Federal courthouses: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, United States Tax Court
• Municipal buildings: H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and One Judiciary Square
• United States Department of Labor
• Fraternal Order of Police Headquarters
• Government Accountability Office
• Georgetown University Law Center
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Headquarters
• National Building Museum
• National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
• United States Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

External links

• WMATA: Judiciary Square Station
• StationMasters Online: Judiciary Square Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Judiciary Square Station
• F Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 4th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View