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Navy Yard–Ballpark station

Navy Yard – Ballpark
WMATA Metro Logo.svg WMATA Green.svg rapid transit station
Navy yard.jpg
Location 200 M Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) WMATA Green.svg
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: A9, P6, V1, V4
Bus transport DC Circulator
Bus transport MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
Bus transport OmniRide Commuter
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 12 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code F05
History
Opened December 28, 1991; 26 years ago (December 28, 1991)
Previous names Navy Yard (1991–2011)
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 10,428 daily  Decrease 1.33%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
Green Line
toward Greenbelt

Navy Yard–Ballpark is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green Line. The station is located in the Navy Yard/Near Southeast neighborhood of Southeast, with entrances on M Street at Half Street and New Jersey Avenue.

Navy Yard–Ballpark uses the island platform layout with two tracks. Track F1 is used by trains to Greenbelt while Branch Avenue-bound trains use track F2.

A station serving the Navy Yard area existed in original plans for Metro; however, the routing of the Green Line below proved controversial. In 1976, the original routing was rejected as too costly and disruptive. A new study proposed a more westerly path which would move the Anacostia station west, replace the Good Hope Road station with one at Congress Heights, and terminate at a station (named "Rosecroft" in plans and Metro maps) near Brinkley Avenue and Rosecroft Drive in Fort Washington instead of Branch Avenue in Suitland. During December 1977 public hearings, this route was criticized as disserving poorer landowners in the area, but Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) approved the western route in 1980, scheduled to open in 1986. Supporters of the Branch Avenue route then took the case to the U.S. District Court.

The court ruled in February 1981 that the 1977 hearings were invalid, as insufficient public notice had been given, and issued an injunction halting construction below the Waterfront station. New hearings were held in June 1982, but the court again ruled against WMATA in October 1983. A third set of hearings in July 1984 selected the present route, allowing construction to commence. Service to the station began on December 28, 1991, with the extension of the Green Line to Anacostia's station.


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