Woodley Park ( English Woodley Park ) - an underground station in the Washington metro on the Red Line . The station is represented by one island platform. In terms of architecture, Woodley Park is similar to other stations of the underground section of the Red Line Woodley Park - Medical Center , which includes 7 stations. The station is served by the . Located in the Woodley Park area at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and 24th Street, it also serves the nearby Adams Morgan area , Washington's Northwest Quadrant .
| Woodley Park | |
|---|---|
| Woodley Park Red line | |
| Washington Metro | |
 | |
| County | Washington DC |
| Location | 2660 Woodley Road. Northwest Washington , DC Columbia 20008 |
| opening date | December 5, 1981 |
| Design name | Zoological park |
| Former names | Woodley Park - Zoo (1981-1999) Woodley Park - Zoo / Adams Morgan (1999-2011) |
| Type of | underground |
| Number of platforms | one |
| Platform type | island |
| Platform shape | direct |
| Exit to the streets | Connecticut Avenue 24th Street |
| Ground transportation | Metrobus buses, DC Circulator |
| Station code | A04 |
| Nearby Stations | and |
Passenger traffic - 3.314 million (for 2010) [1] .
Near the station are the National Zoological Park , the Duke Ellington Bridge and Rock Creek Park.
The station was opened on December 5, 1981 .
The design name is Zoological Park , changed in 1979 [2] . Initially, the station was called Woodley Park - Zu , in the period 1999-2011 - Woodley Park - Zu / Adams-Morgan [3] . The station was named because of the Woodley Park and Adams-Morgan districts, the National Zoo (in the name Zoo - English. Zoo - Zoo)
The opening of the station was combined with the opening of a 3.4 km railway line and two more stations: Cleveland Park and Van Ness - Yu-Di-Si [4] [5] .
Nearby stations
| Previous station | Washington Metro | the next station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland park | Red line | Dupont Circle | ||
Notes
- ↑ Neighborhood profiles WDCEP Retrieved 2011-10-19
- ↑ Eisen, Jack . Zoological Park Subway Stop Name, 9 Others Changed by Metro Board, The Washington Post (August 7, 1979), C. C5.
- ↑ Staff Reports . Metro in brief, The Washington Post (June 11, 1999), C. B3.
- ↑ Burgess, John (December 5, 1981), "3 Metro stations opening today", The Washington Post : B7
- ↑ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Sequence of Metrorail openings (July 2009). Date of treatment August 1, 2010. Archived July 11, 2013.
Links
- WMATA: Woodley Park Station
- StationMasters Online: Woodley Park Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Woodley Park Station
- 24th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View