Fort Totten station

Fort Totten
Washington Metro rapid transit station
File:WMATA Fort Totten station lower level.jpg Lower level
Location	550 Galloway Street, NE Washington, DC 20011
Coordinates
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Red Line Green Line Yellow Line
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 per level)
Tracks	4 (2 per level)
Connections	Metrobus: 60, 64, 80, E2, E4, F6, K2, K6, K9, R1, R2
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	408 spaces
Bicycle facilities	10 racks, 6 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	B06 (upper level) E06 (lower level)
History
Opened	February 6, 1978 (February 6, 1978)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	7,976 daily   1.57%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Brookland–CUA toward Shady Grove Red Line Takoma toward Glenmont Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Branch Avenue Green Line West Hyattsville toward Greenbelt Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Franconia-Springfield Yellow Line Greenbelt-Franconia-Springfield weekdays rush hours service Rush Plus Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Huntington Yellow Line Not on weekdays rush hours Terminus

Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green and Red Lines with Yellow Line service during off-peak hours. It is the last station on the Green Line in the District of Columbia before heading into Maryland.

Location

Fort Totten is located in the middle of Fort Totten Park in Northeast and is accessed via Galloway Street. The station is considered to be in the neighborhood of Fort Totten, and is a short distance from the neighborhoods of Manor Park and Riggs Park. The station's name comes from a Civil War-era fortification which itself was named after General Joseph Gilbert Totten, the Chief Engineer of the antebellum US Army.

History

File:Fort Totten (Washington Metro) in 2006.jpg

Lower level, looking southbound

Service began on the Red Line (upper) platform on February 6, 1978, and on the Green Line (lower) platform on December 11, 1993. Between 1993 and September 1999, Fort Totten served as the terminus of the northern portion of the Green Line until the opening of stations between Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square. Beginning on December 31, 2006 as part of an 18-month trial, Metro extended Yellow Line service to Fort Totten station during non-rush hours and weekends. In a press release, Councilmember Jim Graham said that the service change would support the "development and urban lifestyle" of the neighborhoods between the Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square stations. As a part of the Metro Rush Plus initiative which began in June 2012, several Yellow Line trains arriving from Franconia-Springfield continue onto Greenbelt and vice versa, thus completing Yellow Line service to full-time between Fort Totten and Mount Vernon Square.

2009 Red Line collision

Main article: June 2009 Washington Metro train collision

On June 22, 2009, two southbound Metro trains on the Red Line collided between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations, killing 9 and injuring 80, the deadliest accident in the system's history. A plaque inside the station's mezzanine commemorates the victims of the crash. Plans are in the works to one day create a memorial site outside the station after the current accommodations were deemed insensitive by the victims' families.

Station layout

2F	Westbound	← Red Line toward Shady Grove (Brookland–CUA)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Red Line toward Glenmont (Takoma) →
1F	Southbound	← Green Line toward Branch Avenue (Georgia Avenue – Petworth) ← Yellow Line toward Huntington (Georgia Avenue – Petworth)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Green Line ( Yellow Line (rush only) ) toward Greenbelt (West Hyattsville) → → Yellow Line alighting passengers only →
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

File:Fort Totten pylon.jpg

Station pylon

The lower-level platform for the Green Line (and the Yellow Line during off-peak times) is unique in that it is built into a hillside, part underground in a rock tunnel, and part at ground level in an open cut. A single-track connection east of the station allows trains to be moved between the Red and Green Lines, and was once used for the Green Line Commuter Shortcut service to Farragut North via the Red Line tracks, before the mid-city segment of the Green Line was completed in September 1999.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA: Fort Totten Station
• StationMasters Online: Fort Totten Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Fort Totten Station (Upper Level)
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Fort Totten Station (Lower Level)
• Galloway Street entrance from Google Maps Street View