Wheaton station is a

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on the Red Line. The station serves the

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of Wheaton, and is located at the intersection of

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(

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) and Reedie Drive. The station contains

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s, which are the longest set of single-span escalators in the

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. Service at Wheaton began on September 22, 1990, and it was the northeastern end of the Red Line for nearly eight years, until the

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opened in July 1998.

Notable place nearby

Westfield Wheaton Westfield Wheaton, formerly known as Wheaton Plaza, is a 1.7 million square-foot, two-level indoor shopping mall in Wheaton, Maryland, north of Washington, D.C. It is owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Its anchor stores include Macy’s, Ta ...

(formerly Wheaton Plaza)

Station layout

Wheaton station features the longest set of single-span

s in the

, each featuring a length of , with a vertical rise of . Wheaton's escalators travel at a speed of per minute (±5%) and are set at an inclination of 30 degrees.Elevator/Escalator Department, WMATA. Reply to a customer inquiry, Case 580424. Answer forwarded by Helen B. Gregory, Customer Service, WMATA, 9/14, 2010 The trip takes approximately 2 minutes and 45 seconds. There are two elevators leading into the station's parking garage at the Reedie Drive entrance, while the entrance at the bus bay is at ground level. Inside the station, there is one elevator leading from the mezzanine to the Shady Grove bound side of the platform. This station, along with

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farther south, has separate tunnels and platforms for each direction, instead of the large, vaulted common room seen at most other underground stations in the Metro system; this design, which is similar to many of the

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's tube stations, was used to save money due to the station's depth. This design is also common at mostly all underground stations on the NFTA Metro in Buffalo, NY.

References

External links

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Reedie Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View
* This station is the likely setting o
this XKCD cartoon
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