Benning Road station

Benning Road is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, the station is located in a residential area near the intersection of Benning Road and East Capitol Street. It is the first station after the Blue and Silver Lines diverge from the Orange Line east of the Anacostia River, and also the last station in the District of Columbia going east.

Benning Road
rapid transit station
Location4500 Benning Road, NE, Washington, D.C.
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: 96, 97, U5, U6, V7, V8, W4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities4 racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeG01
History
OpenedNovember 22, 1980 (November 22, 1980)
Traffic
Passengers (2017)2,536 daily [1]  2.51%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Stadium–Armory
toward Franconia–Springfield
 Blue Line Capitol Heights
toward Largo Town Center
Stadium–Armory
toward Wiehle–Reston East
 Silver Line
Location

History

The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of 3.52 miles (5.66 km) of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Addison Road and Capitol Heights stations.[2]

In December 2012, Benning Road was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the Stadium–Armory station, but was extended into Prince George's County, Maryland, to the Largo Town Center station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a pocket track just east of Stadium–Armory.[3] Silver Line service at Benning Road began on July 26, 2014.[4]

Station layout
G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
M Mezzanine Fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Stadium–Armory)
← toward Wiehle–Reston East (Stadium–Armory)
Island platform
Eastbound →   toward Largo Town Center (Capitol Heights) →
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References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. Cooke, Janet (November 23, 1980), "Three new Metro stations have a festive first day", The Washington Post, p. D1
  3. Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.


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