Potomac Avenue station

Potomac Avenue is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977,^[2] and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station currently provides service for the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines. The station serves a dense residential area of Southeast Washington around Potomac Avenue and is located at 14th and G Streets.

The station's opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)^[3] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations.^[4] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.^[5] Silver Line service at Potomac Avenue began on July 26, 2014. ^[6]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Franconia–Springfield (Eastern Market) ← toward Vienna (Eastern Market) ← toward Wiehle – Reston East (Eastern Market)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward Largo Town Center (Stadium-Armory) → → toward New Carrollton (Stadium-Armory) → → Template:WMATA icon toward Largo Town Center (Stadium-Armory) →