Judiciary Square is a Washington Metro station in

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on the Red Line. It is located in the

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neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of the city, with entrances at 4th and D Street and 5th and F Street. It serves the many courthouses and municipal buildings in the area. The 5th and F Street entrance is located in the

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, which incorporates the escalators and elevators into its architecture.

History

Service began on March 27, 1976. This station is also the birthplace of the Metro, as the initial groundbreaking was held here on December 9, 1969. During a September 2012 refurbishment of the station, new signage was installed. Similar signage can be found at the Gallery Place, NoMa - Gallaudet University,

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, Grosvenor-Strathmore, and Largo Town Center stations. It is the only station with two-sided platforms with elevators between each platform and street. From March 26 to 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.

Station layout

The station has 2 tracks with 2

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and a mezzanine on either end. Each mezzanine has fare gates and escalators reaching the street level. At the northwest end of the platforms, a pair of elevators directly serve the platforms, each with a single fare gate and ticket machine.

Notable places nearby

* Federal courthouses:

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, E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse,

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United States Tax Court The United States Tax Court (in case citations, T.C.) is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides (in part) that the Congress has the power to "constitute Tr ...

* Municipal buildings:

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, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and

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Headquarters * Government Accountability Office *

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Washington Field Office *

Georgetown University Law Center The Georgetown University Law Center (Georgetown Law) is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law school in the United States by enrollment and ...

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Headquarters * National Building Museum *

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Headquarters

References

External links

* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Judiciary Square Station

F Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

4th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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