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Anacostia
Anacostia is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Green Line.
The station is located in the Anacostia neighborhood of Southeast Washington, with entrances at Shannon Place and Howard Road, near Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, a major street servicing the southern portion of the city.
Anacostia was the Green Line's southern terminus from December 28, 1991, when Green Line service first began to Anacostia, to January 13, 2001, with the opening of the line to Branch Avenue. Many people still depart here to ride on bus lines that serve the southeast neighborhoods better than the newer stations.
The architecture at Anacostia is unusual. Due to the shallow depth of the station, the usual arched ceiling would have been impractical. Instead, the architecture consists of flat concrete walls, and a ceiling consisting of multiple small barrel vaults similar to the upper coffers in the six-coffer arch station design, oriented perpendicular to the tracks. Also because of the water table from the nearby Anacostia River and DC-295/I-295 (Anacostia Freeway), Anacostia has a slightly longer platform. In addition, there are no pylons on the platform at Anacostia.
Description: Anacostia (Washington Metro) article from the English Wikipedia (GFDL)
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2004-04-23 Comments: Station entrance pylon, south entrance. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Anacostia Date: 2004-04-23 Comments: Passengers hurry to catch an inbound Green Line train. |
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2004-04-23 Comments: Anacostia's architecture is unique in the Metro system. Instead of a single coffered arch as in most underground stations, Anacostia station has multiple small barrel vaults oriented perpendicular to the tracks, and the walls are smooth. This is mostly due to the fact that the station is very close to the surface. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Anacostia Date: 2004-04-23 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: Signal for interlocking south of Anacostia station. |
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Vehicle: Alstom 6016 Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Anacostia Category: Alstom Cars Date: 2006-10-11 Comments: LED floor lighting, as seen from the floor. |
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2006-10-26 Comments: Outbound end of station. |
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2006-10-26 Comments: Signal for Anacostia interlocking, outbound track, outbound direction. The white ("lunar") signal indicates that the way is clear for trains to pass. |
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2006-10-26 Comments: Signal for Anacostia interlocking for the inbound track, outbound direction. The double red signal indicates that the way is not clear for trains to pass in that direction. This signal governs train movements through the interlocking that are against the normal direction of travel for this track. |
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Location: Anacostia Date: 2006-10-26 Comments: Wall signage, outbound side. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: Anacostia Date: 2006-10-26 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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