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Farragut North (WMATA station)

WMATA Metro Logo.svg Farragut North Red Line
Washington Metro rapid transit station
Farragut North 2016.jpg
Station platform (October 2016)
Location 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Coordinates 38°54′11″N 77°02′23″W / 38.903192°N 77.039766°W / 38.903192; -77.039766Coordinates: 38°54′11″N 77°02′23″W / 38.903192°N 77.039766°W / 38.903192; -77.039766
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) Red Line Red Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: 3Y, 7Y, 11Y, 16Y, 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38B, 39, 42, 43, 80, D1, D5, D6, G8, L2, N2, N4, N6, P17, P19, S1, S2, S4, S9, W13
Bus transport DC Circulator
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 901, 902, 904, 905, 995
Bus transport Loudoun County Transit
Bus transport PRTC OmniRide
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 8 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code A02
History
Opened March 27, 1976; 41 years ago (March 27, 1976)
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 22,949 daily  Decrease 9.27%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
toward Shady Grove
Red Line
toward Glenmont
  Out-of-system interchange  
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line
Transfer at: Farragut West
toward Vienna
Orange Line
Transfer at: Farragut West
Silver Line
Transfer at: Farragut West

Farragut North is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line.

Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square. It lies at the heart of the business district on Connecticut Avenue, with two entrances at L Street and one at K Street. Adjacent to the L Street entrance was a food court which has its own stairway to the surface; the food court closed in 2007 and was later replaced with a Results Gym location. It is the third-busiest station in the Metro system, averaging 27,200 passengers per weekday as of May 3, 2006. It is also one of the most shallow, with a lower-than-usual ceiling. The low, flat ceiling at the west end was built to accommodate a proposed freeway ramp to Interstate 66, which was never built. Service began on March 27, 1976.

Farragut North station features unique architecture not seen in other stations throughout the system. Its mezzanine stretches across more of the platform and is longer than most, with an open depression looking onto the platform in the middle. There are two elevated "aisles" that serve different escalators and exits. Special buttress-like structures support these stretches of the mezzanine.

As part of the long-term capital improvement plan dated September 12, 2002, WMATA has proposed building an underground pedestrian tunnel connecting this station with the Blue, Orange and Silver Line station Farragut West. On October 28, 2011, Metro announced its Farragut Crossing program, allowing riders using a SmarTrip card up to 30 minutes to transfer for free by foot between Farragut West and Farragut North stations.

The station is named for the adjacent Farragut Square, which takes its name from Admiral David Farragut, the senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.


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