Wheaton station (Washington Metro)
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Wheaton station is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. The station serves the suburb of Wheaton, and is located at the intersection of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) and Reedie Drive. The station contains Script error: No such module "convert". escalators, which are the longest set of single-span escalators in the Western Hemisphere.
Service at Wheaton began on September 22, 1990, and it was the northeastern end of the Red Line for nearly eight years, until Glenmont opened in July 1998.
On June 1, 2024, all Red Line stations north of Fort Totten, including this one were closed to allow the Maryland Transit Authority to work on the upcoming Purple Line. Takoma re-opened on June 29 while the rest of the stations re-opened on September 1st, 2024.[1][2]
Station layout
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References
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- ↑ Metro Facts Template:Webarchive. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Accessed September 14, 2010.
- ↑ "Standing on the Left? You Must Be on Vacation", The Washington Post, May 17, 2004
- ↑ Elevator/Escalator Department, WMATA. Reply to a customer inquiry, Case 580424. Answer forwarded by Helen B. Gregory, Customer Service, WMATA, 9/14, 2010
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