Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

Yellow line
Yellow line
	Washington Metro
Opening of the first section	April 30, 1983
Length, km	24.3 km
Number of stations	17
The busiest station	Gallery Place; L'Enfant Plaza; Pentagon city; Crystal city
Ground areas	Ronald Reagan Airport - Huntington .; West Highsville - Greenbelt
Electric depot	3

The Yellow Line ( eng. Yellow Line (WMATA) ) - the Washington Metro line , located on the territory of Fairfax and Arlington counties, Virginia , the free city of Alexandria (Virginia) , Washington , Prince George's County, Maryland ^[1] . This is historically the fourth line of the Washington Underground system. Represented by 17 stations. The line contains aboveground, aboveground (on the overpass) and underground sections of both deep and shallow laying.

The line is served by 30 trains (9 eight-car and 21 six-car trains) with a total number of cars 198. All trains leave the line only at peak hours.

Content

History

The yellow line has become the historically fourth Washington Metro system, after Red , Blue, and Orange .

The design of the metro began in 1955 with a study of public transport, the purpose of which was to predict whether transport arteries could satisfy transportation in 1980 ^[2] . In 1959, the research final report included two anticipated metro lines in downtown Washington DC ^[3] . A plan to improve transport infrastructure included the construction of a motorway, which led to lobbying for a legislative ban by alarmed residents until July 1, 1962 ^[4] . The 1962 report of the National Metropolitan Transportation Agency Transportation in the National Metropolitan Area included most of the existing Orange Line with a route in Virginia along Interstate 66 through Arlington ^[5] . In connection with the creation of the "Transportation Administration of the Washington Agglomeration", in October 1966, the planning of the system passed from the federal to the regional body. On March 1, 1968, the metro development plan called for building in the suburban area of Fairfax and Prince George counties. The construction of the Orange and Blue lines in Washington downtown began simultaneously with the Red Line.

Stations

Stations are located from west to east

Station	Code	opening date	Other lines	Notes
Vein	K08	1986		west end station
Dunn-loring	K07	1986
West Falls Church	K06	1986
East Falls Church	K05	1986	silver	extreme western joint station with the silver line
Ballston - Um	K04	1979	silver
Virginia Square - JMU	K03	1979	silver
Clarendon	K02	1979	silver
Cat house	K01	1979	silver
Rosslyn	C05	1977	blue silver	extreme western joint station with blue line
Foggy Bottom - Jee Double Yu	C04	1977	blue silver
Farragut West	C03	1977	blue silver
McFerson Square	C02	1977	blue silver
Metro Center	C01	1977	blue silver red	red line transfer station
Federal Triangle	D01	1977	blue silver
Smitsonian	D02	1977	blue silver
L'Enfant Plaza	D03	1977	blue silver yellow green	interchange station for yellow and green lines
Federal center south west	D04	1977	blue silver
Capital south	D05	1977	blue silver
Eastern Market	D06	1977	blue silver
Potomac Avenue	D07	1977	blue silver
Stadium Armery	D08	1977	blue silver	extreme eastern joint station with blue and silver lines
Minnesota Avenue	D09	1978
Dynwood	D10	1978
Cheverly	D11	1978
Landover	D12	1978
New carolton	D13	1978		east end station

Rename

Station	Previous title	Years
Virginia Square - JMU	Virginia Square	1979-1985
Ballston - Um	Ballston	1979-1995
Dunn-loring	Dunn Loring - Merrifield	1998—2011
West Falls Church	West Falls Church / Wi-Ti — Yu-Wi-Hey	1999—2011

Development Perspective

Notes

↑ ¹ ² only served during peak hours
↑ Schrag at p. 33–38.
↑ Schrag at p. 39.
↑ Schrag at p. 42.
↑ Schrag at p. 55.

Sources

• ̈Schrag, Zachary (2006). The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press

[autogenerated1-1] ¹ ² only served during peak hours

[2] Schrag at p. 33–38.

[3] Schrag at p. 39.

[4] Schrag at p. 42.

[5] Schrag at p. 55.