Federal Triangle is an
island-platformed
Washington Metro station in
Washington, D.C.
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United States
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. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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(WMATA). Providing service for the
Blue
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Orange
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*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
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* ...
, and
Silver
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Lines, the station's entrance is beneath the
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
The William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building is a complex of several historic buildings located in the Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C., across 12th Street, NW from the Old Post Office. The complex now houses the headquarters of the Enviro ...
.
History
The station opened on July 1, 1977. Its opening coincided with the completion of of rail between
National Airport
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and
RFK Stadium and the opening of the
Arlington Cemetery
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Capitol South,
Crystal City,
Eastern Market,
Farragut West,
Federal Center SW,
Foggy Bottom–GWU,
L'Enfant Plaza
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McPherson Square
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National Airport
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Pentagon,
Pentagon City
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Location
Pentagon City is located less than a mil ...
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Potomac Avenue,
Rosslyn,
Smithsonian, and
Stadium–Armory stations. Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978. Silver Line service at Federal Triangle began on July 26, 2014.
On January 13, 1982, an eastbound Metro train on the Orange Line
derailed just east of the station resulting in three fatalities, the first fatalities in the system's history.
From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the
2020 coronavirus pandemic.
Between January 15 to January 21, 2021, this station was closed because of security concerns due to the
2021 Inauguration.
Location
The station serves an area of Washington crowded with federal buildings, on 12th Street between
Pennsylvania Avenue
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NW and
Constitution Avenue
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NW, including the triangular area formed by 15th Street, Constitution, and Pennsylvania known as
Federal Triangle, from which the station takes its name. The triangle includes such federal buildings as the
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the
Herbert C. Hoover Building (
Department of Commerce), and the buildings of the
Internal Revenue Service and the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Station layout
Federal Triangle utilizes the simple island platform layout. There are two tracks: track D1 is used for trains bound for New Carrollton and Largo Town Center, and track D2 is used for trains going to Vienna, Wiehle–Weston East and Franconia–Springfield. As with all stations on the Metro, there are platform edge lights to warn passengers of incoming trains. In 2008, WMATA installed red-colored LED lights at Federal Triangle and centrally-located stations after a successful pilot at Gallery Place-Chinatown. There is a coffered barrel-vault ceiling at Federal Triangle, as is typical of other Washington Metro stations built at that time.
There is only one entrance to the platform level, located slightly south of the center of the platform.
Escalators from this mezzanine level lead to the plaza of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building. A flat square on the ceiling of the station denotes a possible second entrance to the station; this has yet to be used. Similar walls can be found at stations such as Archives–Navy Memorial–Penn Quarter.
In popular culture
The station was featured in the 2007 film
Breach
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Places
* Breach, Kent, United Kingdom
* Breach, West Sussex, United Kingdom
* ''The Breach'', Great South Bay in the State of New York
People
* Breach (DJ), an Electronic/House music act
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Notable places nearby
* Several
federal government buildings in and near the
Federal Triangle
**
William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building
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(
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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headquarters
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Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
**
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building (
Department of Justice
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headquarters)
**
Herbert C. Hoover Building (
Department of Commerce headquarters)
***
National Aquarium in Washington, D.C.
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White House Visitor Center
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Environmental Protection Agency
**
J. Edgar Hoover Building (
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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headquarters)
**
Old Post Office (Waldorf=Astoria Hotel)
**
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
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Freedom Plaza
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National World War I Memorial
*
National Mall
** Several
Smithsonian Institution
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museums on the Mall, including the
National Museum of American History and
National Museum of Natural History
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References
External links
* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Federal Triangle Station12th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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