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L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level)
L'Enfant Plaza is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. served by the Blue, Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station, with the Blue and Orange lines on the lower level crossed by the Yellow and Green lines on the upper level. It is also where the Yellow and Green lines converge going north. It is the only station in the system to be served by four lines. Only the Red Line does not serve the station.
The station is located in Southwest Washington, with entrances at the L'Enfant Plaza shopping mall concourse at 9th and D Streets, on D Street between 6th and 7th Streets, at Maryland Avenue and 7th Street, and in the courtyard of the former United States Department of Transportation building. It is in the center of an area crowded with federal buildings, and is a transfer point allowing passengers to easily cross the Potomac between Virginia and central Washington, making it a very busy station. Service began on the Blue and Orange level on July 1, 1977, and on the Green and Yellow level on April 30, 1983. This is the only station in which the lower level began service before the upper level.
(L'Enfant Plaza upper level is listed on a separate page)
Description: L'Enfant Plaza (Washington Metro) article from the English Wikipedia (GFDL)
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2002-04-13 |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: Diagram of L'Enfant Plaza station. These are located on either side of the tracks at the intersection of the ceiling vaults. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2004-04-23 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2004-04-23 |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2004-04-23 Comments: Train is on the outbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5056 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2004-09-21 Comments: CAF 5056 (shown here) and 5057 are showing the wrong destination. This train was an Orange Line train to Vienna, and this pair was showing as Red Line to Union Station (the other four cars in the consist were correct). |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2005-01-20 Comments: Station name plaque. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2007-02-12 Comments: Center escalator between platforms out of service for repairs. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2007-03-01 Comments: Train is on inbound track. Long-exposure photo from floor level. |
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Vehicle: Alstom Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Outbound view of station from platform level. Train is on outbound track. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Inbound view of station from platform level. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level) Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: Escalators between the platform and the mezzanine. |
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