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1369:Yellow Line
1334:Fort Totten
1329:Georgia Ave
1226:Morgan Blvd
1201:Potomac Ave
1176:Smithsonian
1111:Braddock Rd
1101:Van Dorn St
1043:Potomac Ave
1018:Smithsonian
983:Court House
953:Dunn Loring
940:Orange Line
915:Forest Glen
900:Fort Totten
795:Shady Grove
631:Metro Facts
502:the longest
478:Purple Line
470:Fort Totten
352:Shady Grove
347:Forest Glen
298:1,598 daily
203:Underground
151:Connections
109: /
85:Coordinates
1658:Categories
1615:Addison Rd
1605:Benning Rd
1500:Greensboro
1377:Huntington
1289:Waterfront
1254:Branch Ave
1246:Green Line
1221:Addison Rd
1211:Benning Rd
835:Tenleytown
545:References
506:escalators
448:escalators
286:Passengers
242:Accessible
234:, 20
230:, 36
219:977 spaces
186:Y2, Y7, Y8
182:Q2, Q4, Q6
97:77°03′03″W
94:39°02′19″N
1530:Clarendon
1354:Greenbelt
1284:Navy Yard
1279:Anacostia
1264:Naylor Rd
1088:Blue Line
978:Clarendon
895:Brookland
815:Grosvenor
805:Twinbrook
800:Rockville
689:April 21,
568:307320514
132:Platforms
1638:Category
1520:Ballston
1427:Archives
1417:Pentagon
1299:Archives
1259:Suitland
1136:Pentagon
1068:Landover
1063:Cheverly
1058:Deanwood
968:Ballston
925:Glenmont
840:Van Ness
825:Bethesda
787:Red Line
774:stations
634:Archived
564:ProQuest
428:Red Line
397:Location
370:Terminus
367:Glenmont
360:Red Line
319:Services
174:Metrobus
122:Owned by
70:Location
1643:Commons
1540:Rosslyn
1480:Herndon
1460:Ashburn
1146:Rosslyn
988:Rosslyn
920:Wheaton
616:June 3,
508:in the
454:in the
436:Wheaton
426:on the
420:station
350:toward
276: (
263:History
236:lockers
216:Parking
163:Ride On
38:Wheaton
1510:McLean
1505:Tysons
948:Vienna
905:Takoma
566:
482:Takoma
432:suburb
268:Opened
178:C2, C4
143:Tracks
73:11001
415:is a
232:racks
208:Depth
1319:U St
1314:Shaw
885:NoMa
691:2024
618:2024
593:2024
303:Rank
295:2023
434:of
422:in
258:B10
245:Yes
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