11/23/2020

WMATA Metrorail System Segment Opening Dates

All of the opening were on a Saturday and allowed free entry at the newly opening stations. Exceptions were the opening of the Blue line between National Airport and Stadium - Armory, it opened on a Friday with no free entry, Gallery Place upper level opened on a Wednesday with no free entry (after settling a lawsuit over the lack of handicap access), Phase I of the Silver line from East Falls Church to Wiehle - Reston East opened on a Saturday with no free entry at the newly opening stations, Phase II of the Silver line opened from Wiehle - Reston East to Ashburn on a Thursday with no free entry at the newly opening stations and Potomac Yard opened on a Friday with no free entry.

The mileage figures are based on end of platform to end of platform in each segment.

This list is more comprehensive then others posted elsewhere.

03 27 1976

Metro Center (upper level)Red
Farragut NorthRed
Judiciary SquareRed
Union StationRed
Rhode Island AvenueRed

5 Stations
4.37 Miles
5 Stations

12 15 1976

Gallery Place (upper level)Red
1 Station6 Stations

01 17 1977

Dupont CircleRed
0.35 Miles
1 Station
4.72 Miles
7 Stations

07 01 1977

Metro Center (lower level)Blue
McPherson SquareBlue
Farragut WestBlue
Foggy Bottom - GWUBlue
RosslynBlue
Arlington CemeteryBlue
PentagonBlue
Pentagon CityBlue
National AirportBlue
Federal TriangleBlue
SmithsonianBlue
L'Enfant Plaza (lower level)Blue
Federal Center SWBlue
Capitol SouthBlue
Eastern MarketBlue
Potomac AvenueBlue
Stadium - ArmoryBlue
10.95 Miles
16 Stations
15.68 Miles
23 Stations

02 04 1978

Brookland - CUARed
Fort Totten (upper level)Red
TakomaRed
Silver SpringRed
6.06 Miles
4 Stations
21.75 Miles
27 Stations

11 17 1978

Minnesota AvenueOrange
DeanwoodOrange
CheverlyOrange
LandoverOrange
New CarrolltonOrange
7.38 Miles
5 Stations
29.13 Miles
32 Stations

12 01 1979

Court HouseOrange
ClarendonOrange
Virginia SquareOrange
BallstonOrange
2.58 Miles
4 Stations
31.72 Miles
36 Stations

11 22 1980

Benning RoadBlue
Capitol HeightsBlue
Addison RoadBlue
3.62 Miles
3 Stations
35.35 Miles
39 Stations

12 05 1981

Woodley Park ZooRed
Cleveland ParkRed
Van Ness - UDCRed
2.48 Miles
3 Stations
37.83 Miles
42 Stations

04 30 1983

Gallery Place (lower level)Yellow
ArchivesYellow
L'Enfant Plaza (upper level)Yellow
3.20 Miles
2 Stations
41.04 Miles
44 Stations

12 17 1983

Braddock RoadYellow
King StreetYellow
Eisenhower AvenueYellow
HuntingtonYellow
4.89 Miles
4 Stations
45.94 Miles
48 Stations

08 24 1984

Tenleytown - AURed
Friendship HeightsRed
BethesdaRed
Medical CenterRed
GrosvenorRed
7.10 Miles
5 Stations
53.04 Miles
53 Stations

12 15 1984

White FlintRed
TwinbrookRed
RockvilleRed
Shady GroveRed
6.97 Miles
4 Stations
60.02 Miles
57 Stations

06 07 1986

East Falls ChurchOrange
West Falls ChurchOrange
Dunn LoringOrange
ViennaOrange
9.45 Miles
4 Stations
69.47 Miles
61 Stations

11 22 1990

Forest GlenRed
WheatonRed
Miles 3.13
2 Stations
Miles 72.61
63 Stations

05 11 1991

Mount Vernon Square - UDCYellow
Shaw-Howard UnivYellow
U Street-CardozoYellow
1.52 Miles
3Stations
74.14 Miles
66 Stations

06 15 1991

Van Dorn StreetBlue
3.63 Miles
1 Station
77.77 Miles
67 Stations

12 28 1991

WaterfrontGreen
Navy YardGreen
AnacostiaGreen
2.55 Miles
3 Stations
80.33 Miles
70 Stations

12 11 1993

Fort Totten (lower level)Green
West HyattsvilleGreen
Prince George’s PlazaGreen
College Park - U of MdGreen
GreenbeltGreen
7.61 Miles
4 Stations
87.94 Miles
74 Stations

06 28 1997

Franconia - SpringfieldBlue
3.54 Miles
1 Station
91.49 Miles
75 Stations

07 25 1998

GlenmontRed
1.70 Miles
1 Station
93.19 Miles
76 Stations

09 18 1999

Columbia HeightsGreen
Georgia Avenue - PetworthGreen
3.30 Miles
2 Stations
96.50 Miles
78 Stations

01 13 2001

Congress HeightsGreen
Naylor RoadGreen
SuitlandGreen
Branch AvenueGreen
6.62 Miles
4 Stations
103.12 Miles
82 Stations

11 20 2004

New York Avenue - Gallaudet - URed
1 Infill Station83 Stations

12 18 2004

Morgan BoulevardBlue
Largo Town CenterBlue
2.90 Miles
2 Stations
106.03 Miles
85 Stations

07 26 2014

McLeanSilver
Tysons CornerSilver
GreensboroSilver
Spring HillSilver
Wiehle - Reston EastSilver
11.49 Miles
5 Stations
117.52 Miles
90 Stations

11 15 2022

Reston Town CenterSilver
HerndonSilver
Innovation CenterSilver
Dulles AirportSilver
Loudoun GatewaySilver
AshburnSilver
11.56 Miles
6 Stations
129.08 Miles
96 Stations

11 19 2023

Potomac YardBlue
1 Infill Station97 Stations

Revised 07 20 2023.