Medical Center station (Washington Metro)

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Medical Center
Washington Metro rapid transit station
File:Medical center.jpg
Location 8810 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) Red Line Red Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Ride On: 30, 33, 34, 46, 70
Bus transport WMATA Metrobus: J1, J2, J3, J7, J9
Bus transport NIH Bethesda Shuttles
Bus transport Navy Medical Center Shuttle
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 88 racks, 38 lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code A10
History
Opened August 25, 1984; 39 years ago (August 25, 1984)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 5,988 daily [1] Decrease 0.96%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
toward Shady Grove
 Red Line
toward Glenmont

Medical Center is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station serves the National Institutes of Health campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is located at Rockville Pike and South Drive. Since there is little retail in the area and no commuter parking lot, this station is used almost exclusively by employees of and visitors to those two institutions.[citation needed]

The station opened on August 25, 1984.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the Van Ness–UDC station and the opening of the Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Grosvenor and Tenleytown stations.[2][3][4]

In September 2009, Montgomery County submitted a $20 million federal grant application to build a pedestrian tunnel under Wisconsin Avenue to improve access to the Medical Center stop. Construction would have originally occurred in 2011,[5] but the project was not approved until 2013.[6]

Station layout

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

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  6. ↑ http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/board_of_directors/board_docs/021413_MedicalCenterStationpackage2.pdf

External links

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