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Wheaton
Wheaton is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line.
The station serves the suburb of Wheaton, and is located at the intersection of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) and Reedie Drive. This station features the longest set of single-span escalators in the Western Hemisphere, each featuring a length of 508 feet (155 meters).[1][2] It is not the deepest station in the system, however; that honor goes to Forest Glen, which has an elevator-only exit due to its depth. The trip on Wheaton's escalator takes two minutes and 45 seconds, though some commuters shorten the time by walking.
Another architectural feature of this station is separate tunnels and platforms for each direction, instead of the large, vaulted common room seen at most other underground stations in the Metro system. This design, which is similar to many of the London Underground's tube stations, was used to save money due to the station's depth. Forest Glen is the only other Washington Metro station to have this design.
Service at Wheaton began on September 22, 1990. It was the northeastern end of the Red Line for nearly eight years, until the Glenmont station opened in July 1998.
Description: Wheaton (Washington Metro) article from the English Wikipedia (GFDL)
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Ascending the Wheaton escalator. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Main entrance to Wheaton station. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Outbound platform, facing outbound end. For a time, Wheaton's trackside lighting was somewhat poor, rendering the station significantly darker than the similarly-designed Forest Glen station. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Inbound view of outbound platform. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2004-08-04 Comments: Downward view of Wheaton escalators. |
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Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Wheaton Date: 2004-08-04 Comments: Outbound platform as a train arrives. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Wheaton Date: 2005-06-22 Comments: A train departs on the inbound track. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2005-06-22 Comments: Wall panel providing ventilation and information. Wheaton and Forest Glen are the only stations to have this kind of wall panel in place of platform pylons. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2005-06-22 Comments: The Wheaton escalator, longest in the Metrorail system at 230 feet, seen in its entirety from top to bottom. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2006-03-15 Comments: The Commuter, a sculpture by Marcia F. Billig, at street level outside the main entrance to Wheaton station. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2006-07-18 Comments: Inbound platform, facing inbound direction. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2006-07-18 Comments: Inbound platform, facing outbound direction. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2006-07-18 Comments: PIDS screen showing an inbound train to Grosvenor in two minutes. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2007-09-15 Comments: Pedestrian bridge over Veirs Mill Road, connecting the parking structure with the rest of the station complex. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-01-17 Comments: Portable toilets set up near the station entrance for Inauguration Day 2009. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-01-17 Comments: Long-exposure photo of inbound platform and track at Wheaton, taken from on top of a payphone housing. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-10-07 Comments: Outbound platform, facing inbound end of station. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-10-07 Comments: Train to Shady Grove on inbound track. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-10-07 Comments: Street escalators, viewed from the bottom. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-10-07 Comments: Escalator steps removed while escalator is out of service for maintenance. |
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Location: Wheaton Date: 2009-10-07 Comments: Street escalators, viewed from the bottom. |
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