Fort Totten (metro station)

Fort Totten is an underground interchange station for the Washington Metro on the Red , Yellow, and Green lines. It is represented by two island platforms, one at each level: the upper level platform is used by the Red line, the lower level platform is used by the Yellow and Green lines. The lower level of the station is unique because the platform is located on a hillside and thus part of it is located in a rocky tunnel, and the other part is open above the ground. The station is served by the . Located in the Fort Totten neighborhood, close to Manor Park and Riggs Park in the parkland of clipped South Dakota Avenue, Riggs Road and North Capitol Street, Washington's Northwest Quadrant . Passenger traffic - 2.661 million (as of 2010) ^[1] .

Fort Totten
"Fort Totten" Red line Yellow line Green Line
Washington Metro
lower level station
County	Washington DC
Location	550 Galloway Street. Northwest Washington , D.C. Columbia 20011
opening date	February 6, 1978
Type of	underground
Number of platforms	2
Type of platforms	island
Platform shape	direct
Exit to the streets	Galley street
Ground transportation	Metrobus buses
Station code	B06 (upper level) E06 (lower level)
Nearby Stations	, , and

The station was opened on February 6, 1978 .

The opening of the station was combined with the opening of two more stations: Tacoma and Silver Spring - both on the Red Line. The Yellow and Green lines have been serving the station since the opening of the West Highsville - Greenbelt section on December 11, 1993 . Since 2006, the Yellow Line serves the station only during off-peak hours and on weekends, as well as such stations: Show - Howard University , U Street , Columbia Heights and Georgia Avenue - Pators . On the Green Line heading north, this is the last station in the District of Columbia.