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Farragut North
Farragut North is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line.
Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square. It lies at the heart of the business district on Connecticut Avenue, with two entrances at L Street and one at K Street. Adjacent to the L Street entrance was a food court which has its own stairway to the surface; the food court closed in 2007 was later replaced with a Results Gym location. It is the third-busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 27,200 passengers per weekday as of May 3, 2006. It is also one of the most shallow, with a lower-than-usual ceiling. The low, flat ceiling at the west end was built to accommodate a proposed freeway ramp to Interstate 66, which was never built. Service began on March 27, 1976.
Farragut North station features unique architecture throughout the system. Its mezzanine stretches across more of the platform and is longer than most, with an open depression looking onto the platform in the middle. There are two elevated "aisles" that serve different escalators and exits. Special buttress-like structures support these stretches of the mezzanine.
As part of the long-term capital improvement plan dated September 12, 2002, Metro has proposed building an underground pedestrian tunnel connecting this station with Farragut West.
Description: Farragut North (Washington Metro) article from the English Wikipedia (GFDL)
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: Descending the escalator to the platform. Note the two walkways over the tracks, making what would otherwise be two separate mezzanines into one. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: Flying buttresses connecting the mezzanine to the station walls. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-06-05 Comments: Escalator bank at the street entrance to Farragut North station. The escalator at the far left of the image was formerly an incline elevator. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-06-05 Comments: Elevator entrance to Farragut North station, adjacent to a CVS/Pharmacy storefront. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-06-05 Comments: Station name plaque. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-06-05 Comments: Outbound view, inbound side of platform. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: The L Street entrance not long after the ceiling collapsed in this area. Note the missing ceiling panels, and the temporary lighting. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: The L Street entrance not long after the ceiling collapsed in this area. Note the missing ceiling panels, and the temporary lighting. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2004-09-08 Comments: Station entrance pylon, K Street entrance. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2005-06-08 Comments: Three-line display on the PIDS screens, showing the outbound side. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2008-09-13 Comments: Rust stains on the wall adjacent to the inbound track. |
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Location: Farragut North Date: 2009-06-13 Comments: Mezzanine for entrance at the northeast corner of Connecticut Avenue and L Street NW. |
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