Mount Vernon Square (WMATA station)

Mount Vernon Square 7th Street–Convention Center
Location	700 M Street NW Washington, DC 20001
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Green Line Yellow Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 70, 79 Loudoun County Commuter Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	6 racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	E01
History
Opened	May 11, 1991; 26 years ago (May 11, 1991)
Previous names	Mt Vernon Square-UDC (1991–2001) Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center (2001–2011)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	4,368 daily   5.64%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Gallery Place toward Branch Avenue Green Line Shaw – Howard University toward Greenbelt Gallery Place toward Huntington Yellow Line Weekday rush hour service Terminus Yellow Line Not on weekdays rush hours Shaw – Howard University toward Fort Totten

Mount Vernon Square is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green and Yellow Lines. During rush hours, this is sometimes used as the northern terminus for Yellow Line service to Huntington, and trains reverse direction using a pocket track just north of the station. Metro has been running off-peak and weekend Yellow Line trains north to Fort Totten since 2006, and three rush hour only Yellow Line trains per hour between Greenbelt and Franconia-Springfield as part of the Rush Plus service pattern, which began on June 18, 2012. Mount Vernon Square is the least-used station within the Metro system's core section, seeing only 3,813 entries each weekday.

Mount Vernon Square station is located at the border of the neighborhoods of Downtown and Shaw in the northwestern quadrant of Washington. Its namesake, Mount Vernon Square, is located two blocks to the south at the convergence of New York Avenue and Massachusetts Avenues and 7th, 9th, and K Streets. The station's subtitle is derived from the station's location along 7th Street NW, and its close proximity to the Washington Convention Center, although the station is only one of five Metro stations that run underneath 7th Street NW.

Like many other Metro stations in the Washington Metropolitan Area, Mount Vernon Square station has spurred development in its proximity. Most prominent is the Washington Convention Center, although a number of smaller residential and commercial projects have been completed within the surrounding blocks. To the southeast of the station is the Mount Vernon Triangle, a business improvement district (BID) seeing rapid mixed-use growth. To the southwest of the station is the mixed-use CityCenterDC development project, which is home to luxury condominiums and luxury retail franchises such as Louis Vuitton, Moncler, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Tesla, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Fig & Olive and other upscale dining and shopping destinations.