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.
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Intersecting ceiling vaults over the upper level tracks. A similar feature exists at Metro Center and Gallery Pl-Chinatown. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Green Line train arriving on inbound track, service to Greenbelt. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: Lettering over the entrance to L'Enfant Plaza station, Maryland Avenue SW entrance. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: Train on inbound track, service to Greenbelt. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: Label on a standpipe access cover on the outbound platform. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: An inbound Yellow Line train arrives at L'Enfant Plaza on the outbound track. It is unknown why this single train arrived on the wrong track. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2002-04-13 Comments: CAF train on inbound track, seen from escalator to mezzanine, providing service to Greenbelt. Note that the destination is written in mixed case rather than all-caps. |
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Vehicle: Breda Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Breda trains service the station. The train on the outbound tracks is a Yellow Line train to Huntington. |
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Vehicle: Breda Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: A Yellow Line services L'Enfant Plaza station on the outbound tracks, while another Yellow Line train approaches the inbound F&L junction in the tunnel. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Upper level of the L'Enfant Plaza station. Note that the upper level platforms are much wider than most other side platforms in the system, including the side platforms in the architecturally-similar Metro Center station. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Maryland Avenue mezzanine. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Crown of station entrance pylon at Maryland Avenue entrance. Despite having been a Green Line station for more than a decade, the Green Line color was not added to the street pylons until 2004. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Bottom of street escalators at the Maryland Avenue entrance. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Station entrance pylon at shopping mall entrance. Note the strange apparatus sticking out of the top of the pylon. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: The pylon at the Maryland Avenue entrance is boarded up, allegedly after having been damaged. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-01-17 Comments: Station name plaque, outbound side. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-03-10 Comments: The intersection of the vaults, as seen from an escalator heading down to the lower level platform. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Category: CAF Cars Date: 2004-05-08 Comments: Side destination sign indicating Green Line service to Greenbelt. Note the narrower destination sign window on the CAF cars. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-06-05 Comments: Outbound end of the upper level of L'Enfant Plaza station. Note the indicator sign over the outbound track. This is used in conjunction with the platform edge lights to indicate whether the next train will be a Green Line train or a Yellow Line train, as this is the final transfer point going south between the two lines. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-07-07 Comments: Passengers crowd the outbound platform on the upper level of L'Enfant Plaza at the beginning of the evening rush hour. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: Station entrance pylon underneath the escalator canopy. During the summer of 2004, the station entrance pylons at L'Enfant Plaza were updated, and now show all four of the line colors that serve the station. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: Escalator canopy and station entrance pylon at Maryland Avenue entrance. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5117 Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: The crossing of the ceiling vaults as seen from the far end of the outbound platform on the upper level. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4010 Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-11-24 Comments: Train is on outbound track, as seen from the outbound-end mezzanine. This is the mezzanine containing the entrance to the Office of Materiels. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1273 Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2004-12-08 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-03-16 Comments: Outbound PIDS screen showing three trains at once. |
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Vehicle: CAF Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-03-16 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-04-16 Comments: A new light in one of the pylons on the inbound side of the upper level added a reddish glow to the station. This light was later changed to one emitting white light instead of orange light, enabling it to match the rest of the station. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-06-08 Comments: The outbound PIDS screen is improved in June 2005 with the return of train length information. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-07-06 Comments: Station artwork on the wall over the DOT Courtyard entrance, showing a dog in a spacesuit. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-07-06 Comments: Station entrance pylon, DOT courtyard. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2005-07-06 Comments: Station artwork on the wall over the L'Enfant Plaza mall entrance, showing a dog in a spacesuit. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5016 Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Category: Advertising Date: 2005-11-09 Comments: Advertising wrap for Blue Cross Blue Shield. Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series (arriving), Breda 4024 (left on far track), Breda 4025 (right on far track) Service: WMATA Yellow Line (arriving train) Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2006-07-18 Comments: Yellow Line train arriving on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: Money Train Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2006-10-23 Comments: Money Train at L'Enfant Plaza on inbound track. Metro usually runs the Money Train as a four-car set, with two Money Train cars and two revenue cars with the lights dimmed. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3208 Service: WMATA Green Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2006-10-26 Comments: Breda 3208 on inbound track, displaying "WHITE" card in error. The "WHITE" designation is on the reverse side of the "GREEN" card. |
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Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2007-03-01 Comments: Work train passing through L'Enfant Plaza station on the outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Alstom Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2007-05-08 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2063 Service: WMATA Yellow Line Location: L'Enfant Plaza (Upper Level) Date: 2007-05-08 Comments: Train is on outbound track. |
