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