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Navy Yard-Ballpark
Navy Yard is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green Line. The station is located in the Navy Yard/Near Southeast neighborhood of Southeast, with entrances on M Street at Half Street and New Jersey Avenue.
A station serving the Navy Yard area existed in original plans for Metro; however, the routing of the Green Line below proved controversial. In 1976, the original routing was rejected as too costly and disruptive. A new study proposed a more westerly path which would move the Anacostia station west, replace the Good Hope Road station with one at Congress Heights, and terminate at Brinkley instead of Branch Ave. In December 1977 public hearings, this route was criticized as disserving poorer landowners in the area, but WMATA approved the western route in 1980, scheduled to open in 1986. Supporters of the Branch Avenue route then took the case to the U.S. District Court.
The court ruled in February 1981 that the 1977 hearings were invalid, as insufficient public notice had been given, and issued an injunction halting construction below the Waterfront station. New hearings were held in June 1982, but the court again ruled against WMATA in October 1983. A third set of hearings in July 1984 selected the present route, allowing constructon to commence. Service to the station began on December 28, 1991, with the extension of the Green Line to Anacostia.
Description: Navy Yard (Washington Metro) article from the English Wikipedia (GFDL)
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Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: Station entrance pylon. |
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Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: Inbound view of station. |
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Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: Station name plaque. |
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Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2005-11-09 Comments: Station name plaque, outbound side. |
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Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2005-11-09 Comments: Dirt accumulates in the outbound trackbed, on and near a drain. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2005-11-09 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2005-11-09 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Navy Yard-Ballpark Date: 2005-11-09 Comments: Train is arriving on inbound track. |
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