Van Ness–UDC (WMATA station)

Van Ness–UDC
Washington Metro rapid transit station
The Van Ness–UDC station in June 2004
Location	4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008
Coordinates	38°56′40.4″N 77°3′48.7″W / 38.944556°N 77.063528°W / 38.944556; -77.063528Coordinates: 38°56′40.4″N 77°3′48.7″W / 38.944556°N 77.063528°W / 38.944556; -77.063528
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: H2, L1, L2, W45, W47
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	9 racks, 8 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	A06
History
Opened	December 5, 1981; 35 years ago (December 5, 1981)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	5,286 daily   15.64%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Tenleytown–AU toward Shady Grove Red Line Cleveland Park toward Glenmont

Van Ness–UDC is an island platformed Washington Metro station serving the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on December 5, 1981, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station is on the 4200 block of Connecticut Avenue Northwest, with exits on either side of Connecticut Avenue. The station is also close to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), as well as to both Howard University School of Law and the Edmund Burke School. Other attractions are easily reachable from the station because of its position at the intersection of Veazey Street and Connecticut Avenue.

Van Ness–UDC station is the final station in the tunnel beneath Connecticut Avenue, one of Washington's busiest thoroughfares. After trains leave the station, the tunnel shifts westwards underneath Yuma Street and at the next station, Tenleytown–AU, the tunnel then parallels the route of Wisconsin Avenue into Maryland.

The station opened on December 5, 1981. Its opening coincided with the completion of 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of rail northwest of the Dupont Circle station and the opening of the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park stations. It would serve as the northwestern terminus of the Red Line from its opening through the opening of an extension to the then named Grosvenor station on August 25, 1984.