Friendship Heights (WMATA station)

Friendship Heights
Washington Metro rapid transit station
Friendship Heights Station, July 14, 2011
Location	5337 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20015
Coordinates	38°57′39″N 77°05′10″W / 38.960921°N 77.086059°W / 38.960921; -77.086059Coordinates: 38°57′39″N 77°05′10″W / 38.960921°N 77.086059°W / 38.960921; -77.086059
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 30N, 30S, 31, 33, 37, E4, E6, L2, L8, N2, N4, N6, T2 Ride On: 1, 11, 23, 29 Friendship Heights Village Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	50 racks, 22 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	A08
History
Opened	August 25, 1984; 32 years ago (August 25, 1984)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	8,088 daily   14.56%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Bethesda toward Shady Grove Red Line Tenleytown–AU toward Glenmont

Friendship Heights is a Washington Metro station straddling the border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

Providing service for the Red Line, the station is at the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and serves the neighborhoods of Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights. The area is a major retail shopping and broadcast media district. The station also serves as a bus depot linking Montgomery County Transit's Ride-On bus system with the Washington Metro. It is directly adjacent to the Western Division Metrobus garage on 44th Street and Harrison Street NW.

The station opened on August 25, 1984. Its opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the Van Ness–UDC station and the opening of the Bethesda, Grosvenor, Medical Center and Tenleytown stations. This station is relatively deep, since it is the fifth deepest station on the Red Line. The escalator ride from the common room at the north entrance to the mezzanine level takes roughly a minute and a half.