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Gallery Place station

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Gallery Place
Chinatown
WMATA Red.svg WMATA Green.svg WMATA Yellow.svg
Gallery Pl-Chinatown Upper Level January 28, 2010.jpg
A Red Line train arrives at the upper level of the Gallery Place station.
General information
Location630 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Owned byWMATA
Platforms2 side platforms (upper level)
1 island platform (lower level)
Tracks4 (2 per level)
ConnectionsBus transport Metrobus: 70, 74, 79, 80, P6, X2, X9
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth28 feet (8.5 m) Upper Level
41 feet (12 m) Lower Level[1]
Platform levels2
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeB01 (upper level)
F01 (lower level)
History
OpenedDecember 15, 1976; 46 years ago (1976-12-15)
Previous namesGallery Place (1976–1986)
Gallery Place–Chinatown (1986–2011)
Passengers
20227,448 daily[2]
Rank2nd
Services
Preceding station WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro Following station
Metro Center
toward Shady Grove
 Red Line Judiciary Square
toward Glenmont
Archives
toward Branch Avenue
 Green Line Mount Vernon Square
toward Greenbelt
Archives
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line
suspended until May 2023
Location

Gallery Place is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., United States, on the Green, Red and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station between the Red Line on the upper level and the Green/Yellow Lines on the lower level.

Gallery Place is located in Northwest Washington, with entrances at 7th and F, 7th and H, and 9th and G Streets. The station's only street elevator is north of F Street on the east side of 7th Street.

The station, which is beneath Capital One Arena, serves that arena and the surrounding Chinatown and Penn Quarter neighborhoods in downtown Washington. The station is located very close to Metro Center, such that the lights of one are visible down the tunnel from the other.

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Metro station

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Washington, D.C.

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Green Line (Washington Metro)

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Red Line (Washington Metro)

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Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

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7th Street (Washington, D.C.)

7th Street (Washington, D.C.)

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Capital One Arena

Capital One Arena

Capital One Arena is an indoor arena in Washington, D.C. Located in the Penn Quarter neighborhood, the arena sits atop the Gallery Place rapid transit station of the Washington Metro. It has been largely considered to be a commercial success and is regarded as one of the driving catalysts of the revitalization of Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood. Like many storefront signs in Chinatown, a part of the arena's large sign is written in Chinese characters, right below the English name of the sponsor.

Penn Quarter

Penn Quarter

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History

Service began on December 15, 1976, as part of the original Red Line that ran from Farragut North to Rhode Island Avenue–Brentwood. The opening of the station was delayed by a court order over lack of handicapped access (it was originally supposed to open with the rest of the first stations on March 27, 1976). WMATA provided assurance that such access would be available by June 1, 1977.

Yellow Line service began on April 30, 1983, extending service to the Pentagon and National Airport stations. An abstract wall sculpture, The Yellow Line by Constance Fleures, was installed in 1989 on the lower-level platform,[3] Green Line service began in 1991, adding service (at the time) to U Street and Anacostia.

Originally named Gallery Place after the nearby National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum, the station was renamed Gallery Place–Chinatown in 1986 (although the station's signage was not replaced until 1990). In 2000, a sculpture entitled The Glory of the Chinese Descendants by Foon Sham, was installed over the 7th and H Street entrance at the mezzanine level. The sculpture depicts a large Chinese-style fan above a bowl of rice.[4] The station reverted to its original name, Gallery Place, on November 3, 2011, with "Chinatown" listed as a subtitle.[5]

This station has been a testing ground for new features in Metro stations. In 1993, the station was one of the first Metro stations to receive tactile edging on its platforms. Since 2004, the station has been the site of testing for new signage. As a result, there is far more signage in this station than most others, including lighted signs, as well as signage that isn't found anywhere else in the system. In 2007, red LEDs were tested for the platform edge lights on the upper level. Orange LEDs were tested at the platform edge on the lower level, before being replaced by red LEDs in 2008. In 2017, WMATA added yellow stickers on the platform floors to remind riders where the end of six-car trains stop, to help riders avoid being in the area near the end of the platform behind where the last car of the train stops.[6]

Between January 15 to January 21, 2021, this station was closed because of security concerns due to the 2021 Inauguration.[7]

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U Street station

U Street is a rapid transit station on the Green and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro in the U Street neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Anacostia station

Anacostia station

Anacostia is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green Line. The station is located in the Anacostia neighborhood of Southeast Washington, with entrances at Shannon Place and Howard Road near Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE. The station serves as a hub for Metrobus routes in Southeast, Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Tactile paving

Tactile paving

Tactile paving is a system of textured ground surface indicators found on stairs and railway station platforms, to assist pedestrians who are vision impaired.

Light-emitting diode

Light-emitting diode

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Inauguration of Joe Biden

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Station layout

Like other downtown transfer stations, Gallery Place has a two-level configuration. However, unlike Metro Center and L'Enfant Plaza, where the platforms cross centrally, the Green and Yellow Line platforms are located near the east end of the station, resulting in an off-balance layout. This is a result of the Green and Yellow Lines' location below 7th Street NW, while the Red Line curves southeast heading towards Judiciary Square and Union Station.[8]

Plans to add a pedestrian tunnel connecting Gallery Place with Metro Center have long been in the works. The "Gallery Place/Chinatown - Metro Center Pedestrian Passageway Tunnel Study" was completed in July 2005.[9]

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, ticket machines, station agent
B2 Side platform
Westbound ← WMATA Red.svg toward Shady Grove (Metro Center)
Eastbound → WMATA Red.svg toward Glenmont (Judiciary Square) →
Side platform
B3 Southbound ← WMATA Green.svg toward Branch Avenue (Archives)
← WMATA Yellow.svg toward Huntington (Archives)
Island platform
Northbound → WMATA Green.svg WMATA Yellow.svg toward Greenbelt (Mount Vernon Square) →

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L'Enfant Plaza station

L'Enfant Plaza station

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Judiciary Square station

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Judiciary Square is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Red Line. It is located in the Judiciary Square neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of the city, with entrances at 4th and D Street and 5th and F Street. It serves the many courthouses and municipal buildings in the area. The 5th and F Street entrance is located in the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, which incorporates the escalators and elevators into its architecture.

Side platform

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Red Line (Washington Metro)

Red Line (Washington Metro)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system. It forms a long, narrow "U", capped by its terminal stations at Shady Grove and Glenmont.

Shady Grove station

Shady Grove station

Shady Grove is a Washington Metro station in Derwood in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on December 15, 1984 as part of a four-stop extension of the line from Grosvenor–Strathmore station out to Shady Grove. The station is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

Metro Center station

Metro Center station

Metro Center station is the central hub station of the Washington Metro, a rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. The station is located in Downtown, centered on the intersection of 12th Street NW and G Street NW. It is the busiest station in the Metrorail system averaging 7,600 passengers per weekday as of 2022. The Red Line portion of Metro Center station opened on March 27, 1976, as part of the first section of the Metro system.

Glenmont station

Glenmont station

Glenmont is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line.

Green Line (Washington Metro)

Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 21 stations in the District of Columbia and Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The Green Line runs from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt. It was the last line in the original Metrorail plan to be constructed, and is one of three north–south lines through the city of Washington. The Green Line shares tracks with the Yellow line from L'Enfant Plaza to Greenbelt.

Branch Avenue station

Branch Avenue station

Branch Avenue is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Suitland, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on January 13, 2001, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station presently serves as the southeastern terminus for the Green Line, with the Branch Avenue rail yard lying just beyond this station. The station is located near the intersection of Auth Road and Old Soper Road. The station has received a lot of criticism for its confusing layout, difficult to find parking and overall poor design. The station is also known for its expensive parking, often discouraging riders from using the station.

Archives station

Archives station

Archives is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green and Yellow Lines.

Huntington station (Washington Metro)

Huntington station (Washington Metro)

Huntington is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Huntington area of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Serving as the southern terminus for the Yellow Line, the station is built into a hillside; the south mezzanine, along with escalator access, is accessible via an incline elevator.

Island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position side platforms on either side of the tracks. The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a cutting or raised on an embankment, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks.

Gallery

  • Station signage for Green/Yellow Lines platform

    Station signage for Green/Yellow Lines platform

  • Entrance to the Gallery Place Metro station, along 7th Street at Capital One Arena.

    Entrance to the Gallery Place Metro station, along 7th Street at Capital One Arena.

  • The Glory of the Chinese Descendants at the Chinatown exit

    The Glory of the Chinese Descendants at the Chinatown exit

  • The Yellow Line on the lower-level platform

    The Yellow Line on the lower-level platform

Source: "Gallery Place station", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 14th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_Place_station.

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Fort Totten station

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References
  1. ^ Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (August 1983). Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report (PDF). p. 50. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). "Gallery Place-Chinatown Station: The Yellow Line, 1989." Art by Metro Line. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  4. ^ WMATA. "Gallery Place-Chinatown Station: The Glory of the Chinese Descendants, 2000." Art by Metro Line. Accessed March 9, 2013.
  5. ^ WMATA. "Station names updated for new map" (Press release). November 3, 2011. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.
  6. ^ "Metro's Answer To Station Crowding: Better Signs". WAMU. October 27, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "Metro announces Inauguration service plans, station closures | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  8. ^ WMATA. "Emergency Evacuation Map: Gallery Pl-Chinatown Station; 7th & H Sts Exit." Archived December 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Accessed March 9, 2013.
  9. ^ Parsons; KPG Design Studio; Basile Baumann Prost; Associates (July 2005). "Gallery Place/Chinatown - Metro Center Pedestrian Passageway Tunnel Study" (PDF). WMATA Office of Planning and Project Development. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
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