List of Washington Metro stations

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates The Washington Metro (commonly called Metro, and branded Metrorail) is a rapid transit system serving Washington, D.C. and neighboring communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway.

Like most rapid transit systems in the United States,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ridership has not recovered from COVID-19 era collapses, falling from an average weekday ridership of 764,300 in the first quarter of 2015<ref name=APTA>Template:Cite web</ref> to 519,700 in the fourth quarter of 2024.<ref name="APTA2024">Template:Cite web</ref> Nevertheless, the Washington Metro remains the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States behind the New York City Subway. Template:As of, the system has 98 active stations on six lines with Template:Convert of tracks.

The Washington Metro system was conceived as an alternative to constructing a large freeway system throughout the Washington, D.C. area. It was partially financed with funds originally dedicated to highway construction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Construction began in 1969, and in 1976 the first section of the Metro system opened along the Red Line between the Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata stations in Washington, D.C. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, more stations were opened in the city and the suburban communities of Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, and Fairfax County in Virginia as well as Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland. By 1991, five rail lines were open: the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue Lines. The system, as originally planned, was completed in 2001 with the extension of the Green Line to Template:Wmata. In 2004, three stations were opened: an extension of the Blue Line to the Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata stations and the first infill station, Template:Wmata.<ref name="WMATA History">Template:Cite web</ref> The Silver Line opened in two phases, adding five stations in 2014 and six in 2022.<ref name=silverstations>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=metrofacts>Template:Cite web</ref> On the Yellow and Blue Lines, an additional infill station at Template:Wmata opened on May 19, 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Nine Metrorail stations are officially designated transfer stations, although other intermediate stations also allow passengers to transfer between lines. Four of these stations have separate, perpendicular upper and lower levels, which opened at different times. Two other transfer stations, Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata, have parallel stacked platforms. Ten stations are termini (stations at the end of lines); several other non-terminus stations are used to short turn trains in regular service.<ref name=stationlist/>

The busiest station in the system in 2023 was Metro Center, with more than 3.9 million passenger entries over the course of the year.<ref name="Data">Template:Cite web</ref> Rosslyn was the busiest station in Virginia, while Silver Spring was the busiest in Maryland. The system's 10 busiest stations are all located in Washington.

Lines

Template:Main There are six Washington Metro lines, each named for a different color.<ref name="stationlist">Template:Cite web</ref> All lines except the Red Line share tracks.

Line	Ridership (May 2010)<ref name="2010guide">Template:Cite web</ref>	Stations<ref name=stationlist/>	Termini<ref name=stationlist/>
Template:Rint	277,741 (37%)	27	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	187,663 (25%)	26	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	120,104 (16%)	28	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	105,091 (14%)	21	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	59,781 (8%)	13	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata
Template:Rint	Template:N/A	34	Template:Wmata	Template:Wmata, Template:Wmata

Stations

Pylon by the entrance to the Archives station

Passengers boarding a train at the Bethesda station

Crossvault of the L'Enfant Plaza station

Union Station, the busiest station in the system

The longest continuous escalator in the western hemisphere, at the Wheaton station<ref name=metrofacts />

Vaulted ceiling at Farragut West

Downtown Largo station, one of the newest stations

Arlington Cemetery station on a snowy day

Elevated platform at National Airport

Wiehle-Reston East station on the first day of Silver Line service in 2014

*	Official transfer stations
Template:Dagger	Terminals
*†	Transfer station and terminal

Station<ref name=stationlist/>	Lines<ref name=stationlist/>	Rail Connections<ref name=2010guide/>	Jurisdiction<ref name=2010guide/>	Avg. Weekday Daily Rail Entries (2025)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Opened<ref name=metrofacts /><ref name=2010guide/>
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Template:Nowrap	1,667	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,429	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,891	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	948	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Ashburn, Virginia	1,443	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	5,975	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2,092	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	5,072	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	2,398	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,772	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,495	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1,484	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	5,246	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	599	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	2,941	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2,443	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,187	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	8,403	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	1,948	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	3,842	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb	Arlington County, Virginia	5,380	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	1,172	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,480	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata Template:Rint	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Loudoun County, Virginia	2,189	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1,755	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	10,424	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	2,619	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,859	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	1,386	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	11,111	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	10,137	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2,669	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,325	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	13,724	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	1,193	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	7,186	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A			Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb	Fairfax County, Virginia	3,320	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,044	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	13,006	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A			Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,641	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	3,020	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Prince George's County, Maryland	3,191	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1,009	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,515	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	959	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	3,618	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	3,092	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	871	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,999	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb (at Alexandria Union Station)	Alexandria, Virginia	4,006	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb (at L'Enfant)	District of Columbia	11,023	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint				Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1,069	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Loudoun County, Virginia	325	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1,968	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	7,434	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	3,132	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (upper level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	14,051	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata* (lower level)Template:Ref label	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A			Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	1,859	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1,094	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,717	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	8,750	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	1,411	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*Template:Dagger	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:Rint Amtrak: Template:Lnl, Template:Lnl, Template:Lnl Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Prince George's County, Maryland	3,491	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	10,155	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,136	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	8,073	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	7,769	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2,647	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	1,342	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	928	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,648	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Rint Amtrak: Template:Lnl Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,466	Template:Dts
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	5,622	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	7,663	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	6,043	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,638	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb	Montgomery County, Maryland	5,843	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	5,522	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,989	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	712	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata*	Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	2,036	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,730	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,673	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,125	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,439	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	2,192	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	4,900	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:Collapsible listTemplate:Rint MARC: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rint VRE: Template:Rcb Template:Rcb Template:Rint DC Streetcar (at Union Station)	District of Columbia	14,831	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Alexandria, Virginia	1,474	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,364	Template:Dts
Template:WmataTemplate:Dagger	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	3,859	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Arlington County, Virginia	2,260	Template:Dts
Template:AnchorTemplate:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,710	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1,340	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,497	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Montgomery County, Maryland	1,986	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	Fairfax County, Virginia	1,714	Template:Dts
Template:Wmata	Template:Rint	Template:N/A	District of Columbia	3,904	Template:Dts

Notes

• Template:Note label Stations noted in this list twice with upper and lower levels are considered by WMATA as a single station. The levels are noted separately here because they opened on different dates.