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Takoma station

WMATA Metro Logo.svg Takoma Red Line
Washington Metro rapid transit station
Takoma Metro station from outbound end.jpg
Location 327 Cedar Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012
Coordinates 38°58′32″N 77°01′04″W / 38.975532°N 77.017834°W / 38.975532; -77.017834Coordinates: 38°58′32″N 77°01′04″W / 38.975532°N 77.017834°W / 38.975532; -77.017834
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) Red Line Red Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: 52, 53, 54, 62, 63, F1, F2, K2
Bus transport Ride On: 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 24, 25
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Parking 146 spaces
Bicycle facilities 38 racks, 60 lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code B07
History
Opened February 6, 1978; 39 years ago (February 6, 1978)
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 5,194 daily  Decrease 10.11%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
toward Shady Grove
Red Line
toward Glenmont

Takoma is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line. It is the last station within the District of Columbia on the eastern end of the line heading to Maryland.

The station serves the area of Takoma Park, Maryland and the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, D.C. and is located in Northwest at Cedar Street and Carroll Street, just inside the District of Columbia.

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.

On June 22, 2009, a southbound Metro train on the Red Line collided with another southbound train, which was stopped between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations, causing the deadliest accident in the system's history.


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