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Gallery Place (Lower Level)
Gallery Place–Chinatown is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green, Red and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station between the Red Line on the upper level and the other two lines on the lower level.
Gallery Place–Chinatown is located in Northwest, with entrances at 7th and F, 7th and H, and 9th and G Streets. The station's only street elevator is north of F Street on the west side of 7th Street.
The station, which is beneath the Verizon Center, serves that arena and the surrounding Chinatown and Penn Quarter neighborhoods in downtown Washington. The station is located very close to Metro Center, such that the lights of one are visible down the tunnel from the other.
The station was originally named "Gallery Place" after the nearby National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 1986, "Chinatown" was added to the station name, and in 2000, a large Chinese-style fan, entitled The Glory of the Chinese Descendants, was installed over the 7th and H Street entrance.
Yellow Line service began on April 30, 1983, adding service to the Pentagon and National Airport. Green Line service began in 1991, adding service (at the time) to U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo and Anacostia.
(Gallery Pl-Chinatown upper level is listed on a separate page)
Description: Gallery Place–Chinatown (Washington Metro) article from the English Wikipedia (GFDL)
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2002-09-28 Comments: Train on lower level track, viewed from upper level. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2002-09-28 |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2002-09-28 |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-03-10 Comments: New strip map signage on the pillars on the Green Line platform at Gallery Place-Chinatown. These signs show strip maps for the remaining stations on the Green and Yellow Lines. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5182 Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-03-10 Comments: Train is on Branch Avenue-bound track. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-03-10 Comments: Interior of lighted advertisement box. |
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Vehicle: Breda Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-05-29 Comments: PIDS screen indicating that a Yellow Line train to Mt. Vernon Square has arrived on the lower level. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-08-04 Comments: First American Bank's Metro Art I - "Yellow Line" artwork. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-09-08 Comments: Northbound side of the platform. The train whose headlights are visible in the distance is at Archives-Navy Memorial station. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2004-09-08 Comments: Lighted strip map, mounted on top of the advertising boxes. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2005-02-09 Comments: PIDS screen erroneously indicates that the next Green Line train to arrive will be an eight-car train, in the days before eight-car trains became common occurrences. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2005-03-16 Comments: PIDS screen indicates that a Green Line train to Greenbelt is currently servicing the station, and that a Yellow Line train, as well as another Green Line train are on their way. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2005-09-24 Comments: PIDS screen indicates that the Green Line train arriving in the station will be turning back at Fort Totten. This turnback was due single-tracking caused by track work on the upper Green Line. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2006-08-01 Comments: Train is traveling in the direction of Huntington. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2006-12-27 Comments: Northbound trackside signage, modified for Yellow Line extension to Fort Totten. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2007-01-23 Comments: PIDS screen showing Yellow Line train service to Fort Totten. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2007-03-01 Comments: Orange platform-edge lighting. Gallery Pl-Chinatown was being used as a testbed for different colors of LED lighting for the platform edge lights. The lower level tested orange lighting, and the upper level tested red lighting. The red lighting was later adopted and spread throughout much of the system. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Category: Advertising Date: 2007-03-17 Comments: Train is on Greenbelt-bound track. Mega Millions advertising wrap. |
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Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2008-10-04 Comments: Trackside signage over Greenbelt-bound track. |
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Vehicle: Alstom 6105 (left), Alstom 6104 (right) Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2009-05-09 Comments: Train is on Greenbelt-bound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: Gallery Place (Lower Level) Date: 2009-05-09 Comments: Train is on Huntington-bound track. |
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