The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 rapid transit stations from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt. It starts in Prince George's County, Maryland, runs through all four quadrants of the District of Columbia, and exits back out into Prince George's County. This was the last line for which construction began and completed in the original Metrorail plan, and is the north-south line through Washington. It shares four stations in Washington ...
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The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 rapid transit stations from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt. It starts in Prince George's County, Maryland, runs through all four quadrants of the District of Columbia, and exits back out into Prince George's County. This was the last line for which construction began and completed in the original Metrorail plan, and is the north-south line through Washington. It shares four stations in Washington with the Yellow Line during rush hour service, and nine stations during off-peak hours.
The Green Line needs 19 trains (ten 8-car trains and nine 6-car trains, consisting of 134 rail cars) to run at peak capacity.
Out of the five Metrorail lines, the Green Line took the longest to build in its entirety, and deviated the most from the planned 1970s "101-mile system" route alignment shown on maps of the time. (These same changes bumped the original system mileage up to 103.) The tunnel from Gallery Place to Waterfront stations – including the...
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