List of Washington Metro stations

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates The Washington Metro (commonly called Metro, and branded Metrorail) is a rapid transit system serving Washington, D.C. and neighboring communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway.

Like most rapid transit systems in the United States,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ridership has not recovered from COVID-19 era collapses, falling from an average weekday ridership of 764,300 in the first quarter of 2015<ref name=APTA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> to 519,700 in the fourth quarter of 2024.<ref name="APTA2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nevertheless, the Washington Metro remains the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States behind the New York City Subway. Template:As of, the system has 98 active stations on six lines with Template:Convert of tracks.

The Washington Metro system was conceived as an alternative to constructing a large freeway system throughout the Washington, D.C. area. It was partially financed with funds originally dedicated to highway construction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Construction began in 1969, and in 1976 the first section of the Metro system opened along the Red Line between the Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata stations in Washington, D.C. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, more stations were opened in the city and the suburban communities of Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, and Fairfax County in Virginia as well as Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. By 1991, five rail lines were open: the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue Lines. The system, as originally planned, was completed in 2001 with the extension of the Green Line to Template:Wmata. In 2004, three stations were opened: an extension of the Blue Line to the Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata stations and the first infill station, Template:Wmata.<ref name="WMATA History">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Silver Line opened in two phases, adding five stations in 2014 and six in 2022.<ref name=silverstations>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=metrofacts>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On the Yellow and Blue Lines, an additional infill station at Template:Wmata opened on May 19, 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Nine Metrorail stations are officially designated transfer stations, although other intermediate stations also allow passengers to transfer between lines. Four of these stations have separate, perpendicular upper and lower levels, which opened at different times. Two other transfer stations, Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata, have parallel stacked platforms. Ten stations are termini (stations at the end of lines); several other non-terminus stations are used to short turn trains in regular service.<ref name=stationlist/>

The busiest station in the system in 2023 was Metro Center, with more than 3.9 million passenger entries over the course of the year.<ref name="Data">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rosslyn was the busiest station in Virginia, while Silver Spring was the busiest in Maryland. The system's 10 busiest stations are all located in Washington.

Lines

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} There are six Washington Metro lines, each named for a different color.<ref name="stationlist">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All lines except the Red Line share tracks.

Line	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Stations<ref name=stationlist/>	Termini<ref name=stationlist/>
Template:Rint	277,741 (37%)	27	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	187,663 (25%)	26	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	120,104 (16%)	28	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	105,091 (14%)	21	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	59,781 (8%)	13	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	Template:N/A	34	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata

Stations

File:Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter pylon.jpg

Pylon by the entrance to the Archives station

File:Washington DC metro station bethesda.jpg

Passengers boarding a train at the Bethesda station

File:L'Enfant Plaza station crossvault.jpg

Crossvault of the L'Enfant Plaza station

File:Union Station (Washington Metro).jpg

Union Station, the busiest station in the system

File:Wheaton (Metro de Washington).jpg

The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station<ref name=metrofacts />

File:Farragut West station.jpg

Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West

File:Washington DC metro station largo town center.jpg

Downtown Largo station, one of the newest stations

File:Arlington Cemetery Metro station.jpg

Arlington Cemetery station on a snowy day

File:National Airport Station.jpg

Elevated platform at National Airport

File:Wiehle-Reston Metro platform 1.jpg

Wiehle-Reston East station on the first day of Silver Line service in 2014

*	Official transfer stations
Template:Dagger	Terminals
*†	Transfer station and terminal

Station<ref name=stationlist/>	Lines<ref name=stationlist/>	Rail Connections<ref name=2010guide/>	Jurisdiction<ref name=2010guide/>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Opened<ref name=metrofacts /><ref name=2010guide/>
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Template:Nowrap	1285	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Washington, D.C.	2507	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Washington, D.C.	3852	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	897	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Ashburn, Virginia	1152	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	5289	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Washington, D.C.	1355	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	4517	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	2040	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2141	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Washington, D.C.	3536	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1009	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4778	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	461	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	2524	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2105	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Prince George's County, Maryland	1647	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	6478	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	1357	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	3348	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb	Arlington County, Virginia	4795	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	721	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1835	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata Template:Rint	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Loudoun County, Virginia	1705	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1349	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	8986	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	2225	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3198	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	1011	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	9820	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	9214	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2231	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3711	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	12,007	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	1104	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	6376	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A			Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb	Fairfax County, Virginia	2917	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3501	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	10,525	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A			Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3363	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2904	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	852	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Prince George's County, Maryland	2254	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2128	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	784	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	3006	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2020	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	681	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3263	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb (at Alexandria Union Station)	Alexandria, Virginia	3429	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb (at L'Enfant)	District of Columbia	8792	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint				Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	756	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Loudoun County, Virginia	258	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1607	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	6510	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2834	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	12,644	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	12,644	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	1072	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	818	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2908	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	6595	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	956	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:Rint Amtrak: Template:Lnl, Template:Lnl, Template:Lnl Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Prince George's County, Maryland	2756	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	7576	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	1756	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	6813	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	6329	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2047	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	1205	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	734	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3422	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Rint Amtrak: Template:Lnl Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Montgomery County, Maryland	2098	Template:Dts
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport File:20 airtransportation.svg	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	4748	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	6989	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	5073	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2655	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Montgomery County, Maryland	5394	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4917	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1944	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	609	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	1469	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1735	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2884	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3385	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2095	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1815	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3743	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rint DC Streetcar (at Union Station)	District of Columbia	12,056	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	1280	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2872	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	3136	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	1952	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2940	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1169	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1794	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	1877	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1567	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3331	Template:Dts

Notes

• Template:Note label Stations noted in this list twice with upper and lower levels are considered by WMATA as a single station. The levels are noted separately here because they opened on different dates.