Stadium–Armory (Washington Metro)

Stadium–Armory

Location

192 19th Street, Southeast
Washington, D.C. 20003

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Line(s)

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

Metrobus: 96, 97, B2, D6

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Bicycle facilities

20 racks

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

D08

History

Opened

July 1, 1977; 40 years ago

Traffic

Passengers (2016)

2,379 daily

15.31%

Services

Preceding station	Washington Metro	Following station
Potomac Avenue toward Franconia–Springfield	Blue Line	Benning Road toward Largo Town Center
Potomac Avenue toward Vienna	Orange Line	Minnesota Avenue toward New Carrollton
Potomac Avenue toward Wiehle – Reston East	Silver Line	Benning Road toward Largo Town Center

Stadium–Armory is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Kingman Park neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Stadium–Armory serves the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines. It is a transfer station for the Blue/Silver and Orange lines, as this is the last station shared by the three lines before the lines diverge going east. The station has entrances on 19th Street at C Street and Independence Avenue.

The station was supposed to be the Silver Line's eastern terminus, but in December 2012, due to safety concerns regarding a pocket track between this station and Minnesota Avenue (the first station to the east on the Orange Line), Metro officials decided to extend the line into nearby Prince George's County, Maryland to Largo Town Center, which is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line.

The Stadium-Armory station serves RFK Stadium, which is currently the home of the D.C. United soccer team, but previously served as the home of the Washington Redskins, the Washington Nationals, and the Washington Senators before the team moved to Texas and became the Texas Rangers. The station also serves the D.C. Jail and the D.C. Armory, which is both a popular venue for shows and entertainment and the headquarters of the District of Columbia National Guard. Together with the Potomac Avenue station, Stadium-Armory is one of two Metro stations within walking distance of Congressional Cemetery. Before its closure in 2001, D.C. General Hospital was served by the Stadium-Armory station.

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