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Blue Line (WMATA)
The Blue Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 metro station, stations in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria and Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Virginia; the District of Columbia; and Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The Blue Line runs from Franconia–Springfield (WMATA station), Franconia–Springfield to Largo Town Center (WMATA station), Downtown Largo. The line shares tracks with the Orange Line (Washington Metro), Orange Line for 13 stations, the Silver Line (Washington Metro), Silver Line for 18, and the Yellow Line (Washington Metro), Yellow Line for six. Only three stations are exclusive to the Blue Line. History Planning for Metro began with the Mass Transportation Survey in 1955 which attempted to forecast both freeway and mass transit systems sufficient to meet the needs of 1980. In 1959, the study's final report included two rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMATA Blue
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA ), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between Washington, D.C., the U.S. state, State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. WMATA provides rapid transit service under the Washington Metro, Metrorail name, fixed-route bus service under the Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), Metrobus brand, and paratransit service under the MetroAccess brand. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . The authority is also part of a public–private partnership that operates the DC Circulator bus system. WMATA has its own police force, the Metro Transit Police Department. The authority's board of directors consists of two voting representatives each from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and the U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
