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Stadium-Armory (WMATA station)

WMATA Metro Logo.svg Stadium–Armory Blue Line Orange Line Silver Line
Stadium-Armory Metro.jpg
Location 192 19th Street, Southeast
Washington, D.C. 20003
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport 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; 39 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 2,379 daily  Decrease 15.31%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line
toward Vienna
Orange Line
Silver Line

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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