Takoma (WMATA station)
 Takoma  |
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| Washington Metro rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 327 Cedar Street, NW Washington, DC 20012 |
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| Coordinates | 38°58′32″N 77°01′04″W / 38.975532°N 77.017834°WCoordinates: 38°58′32″N 77°01′04″W / 38.975532°N 77.017834°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | WMATA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Red Line |
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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 Metrobus: 52, 53, 54, 62, 63, F1, F2, K2 Ride On: 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 24, 25
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| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 146 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 38 racks, 60 lockers | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | B07 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | February 6, 1978 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2016) | 5,194 daily  10.11% |
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Takoma is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line, bordering Takoma Park, Maryland. The station is considered to be located in part of Takoma Park's Historic District. It is considered to be the last station in the District of Columbia on the eastern end of the Red Line heading to Maryland, though the station already borders Maryland very closely.
The station serves the city of Takoma Park, Maryland as well as the Takoma Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and is located at the corners of where Eastern Avenue (the MD/DC Line), Carroll Street NW, Piney Branch Road NW, and Blair Road NW intersect.
The entrance to the station is at the street level, with escalators leading up to the platform. A separate accessible entrance consisting of a single elevator is located near the middle of the platform. The separate accessible and general entrances are a relative rarity in the Washington Metrorail System; only Rosslyn and Tenleytown-AU stations share this feature. Takoma, like Brookland-CUA, Fort Totten, and Silver Spring, is in the middle of a CSX rail line. There are two tracks to either side of the island platform, and Metrorail trains use the track on either side closest to the platform.
Prior to the opening of Metrorail, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) operated commuter trains through Takoma Park. Though the B&O station itself was torn down, remnants of the Takoma Park B&O rail station are visible to the west of the Metro station. Commuter rail service ended before Metrorail service began, and the old station was demolished in order widen the right-of-way to accommodate Metrorail. Construction of the Metrorail Station took place in the early 1970s, and the station shares many architectural features with the other early above-ground stations in the system.
Service began on February 6, 1978. Takoma was among some of the first stations to open in the Metrorail System, less than one year after the system's inauguration on March 27, 1976.
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