Stadium–Armory station
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| General information | |
| Location | 192 19th Street, Southeast Washington, D.C. 20003 |
| Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
| Line(s) |    |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Connections |  Metrobus: 96, 97, B2, D6 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Underground |
| Bicycle facilities | 20 racks |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | D08 |
| History | |
| Opened | July 1, 1977 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015 | 2809 daily [1]  7.05% |
Stadium–Armory is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Kingman Park neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Stadium–Armory serves the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines. It is a transfer station for the Blue/Silver and Orange lines, as this is the last station shared by the three lines before the lines diverge going east. The station has entrances on 19th Street at C Street and Independence Avenue.
The station was supposed to be the Silver Line's eastern terminus, but in December 2012, due to safety concerns regarding a pocket track between this station and Minnesota Avenue (the first station to the east on the Orange Line), Metro officials decided to extend the line into nearby Prince George's County, Maryland to Largo Town Center, which is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line.[2]
Location
The Stadium-Armory station serves RFK Stadium, which is currently the home of the D.C. United soccer team, but previously served as the home of the Washington Redskins, the Washington Nationals, and the Washington Senators before the team moved to Texas and became the Texas Rangers. The station also serves the D.C. Jail and the D.C. Armory, which is both a popular venue for shows and entertainment and the headquarters of the District of Columbia National Guard. Together with the Potomac Avenue station, Stadium-Armory is one of two Metro stations within walking distance of Congressional Cemetery. Before its closure in 2001, D.C. General Hospital was served by the Stadium-Armory station.
The station opened on July 1, 1977.[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[4] 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, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn and Smithsonian stations.[5] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.[6] Stadium–Armory would also serve as the eastern terminus of the Blue line from its opening through the opening of its extension to Addison Road on November 22, 1980.[7] Silver Line service at Stadium-Armory began on July 26, 2014. [8]
With the redevelopment of the former D.C. General Hospital campus into a mixed-use neighborhood called "Hill East", the area around the Stadium-Armory station will be in transition for the first few decades of the twenty-first century. Addtitionally, with the planned move of D.C. United to a new soccer-specific stadium in the Buzzard Point area of Washington by the year 2020, the future of RFK Stadium is uncertain, with the possibility of demolition lingering over the 1960s-era facility.
Transformer fire
On September 21, 2015, a transformer caught fire near the station, causing severe delays. The reduced power as a result of the loss of the transformer caused WMATA to implement strategies to combat congestion in the system.[9] This included having Orange and Silver line trains skip the Stadium-Armory station during rush hours, but service had been restored as of November.[10]
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
| M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Potomac Avenue) ← toward Vienna (Potomac Avenue)← toward Wiehle – Reston East (Potomac Avenue)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | → toward Largo Town Center (Benning Road) → → toward New Carrollton (Minnesota Avenue) →→ toward Largo Town Center (Benning Road) →
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References
- ^ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
- ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ Staff Reporters (June 24, 1977), "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post
- ^ Eisen, Jack; Feinstein, John (November 18, 1978), "City–County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
- ^ Cooke, Janet (November 23, 1980), "Three new Metro stations have a festive first day", The Washington Post, p. D1
- ^ Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ "Metro: Changes to Orange, Silver lines to ease delays". WUSA9.com. September 25, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ "Metro plans additional service change at Stadium-Armory Station to further ease rush-hour congestion, delays on Orange, Blue & Silver lines" (Press release). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. September 27, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
External links
- WMATA: Stadium–Armory Station
- StationMasters Online: Stadium–Armory Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Stadium–Armory Station
- C Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Independence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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