Fort Totten (WMATA station)

Fort Totten
Washington Metro rapid transit station
Red line platform
Location	550 Galloway Street, NE Washington, DC 20011
Coordinates	38°57′06″N 77°00′08″W / 38.951777°N 77.002174°W / 38.951777; -77.002174Coordinates: 38°57′06″N 77°00′08″W / 38.951777°N 77.002174°W / 38.951777; -77.002174
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Red Line Green Line Yellow Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 per level)
Tracks	4 (2 per level)
Connections	Metrobus: 60, 64, 80, E2, E4, F6, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	408 spaces
Bicycle facilities	10 racks, 6 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	B06 (upper level) E06 (lower level)
History
Opened	February 6, 1978; 39 years ago (February 6, 1978)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	7,566 daily   4.61%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Brookland–CUA toward Shady Grove Red Line Takoma toward Glenmont Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Branch Avenue Green Line West Hyattsville toward Greenbelt Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Huntington Yellow Line Not on weekdays rush hours Terminus

Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green and Red Lines with Yellow Line service during off-peak hours. It is the last station on the Green Line in the District of Columbia before heading into Maryland.

Fort Totten is located in the middle of Fort Totten Park in Northeast and is accessed via Galloway Street. The station is considered to be in the neighborhood of Fort Totten, and is a short distance from the neighborhoods of Manor Park and Riggs Park. The station's name comes from a Civil War-era fortification which itself was named after General Joseph Gilbert Totten, the Chief Engineer of the antebellum US Army.

Service began on the Red Line (upper) platform on February 6, 1978, and on the Green Line (lower) platform on December 11, 1993. Between 1993 and September 1999, Fort Totten served as the terminus of the northern portion of the Green Line until the opening of stations between Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square. Beginning on December 31, 2006 as part of an 18-month trial, Metro extended Yellow Line service to Fort Totten station during non-rush hours and weekends. In a press release, Councilmember Jim Graham said that the service change would support the "development and urban lifestyle" of the neighborhoods between the Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square stations. As a part of the Metro Rush Plus initiative which began in June 2012, several Yellow Line trains arriving from Franconia-Springfield continue onto Greenbelt and vice versa, thus completing Yellow Line service to full-time between Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square.