Deanwood station

Deanwood
General information
Location	4720 Minnesota Avenue NE Washington, D.C.
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: R12, U7, V14, W4 Anacostia Riverwalk Trail
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	194 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 8 racks and 4 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	D10
History
Opened	November 20, 1978; 46 years ago (November 20, 1978)
Passengers
2023	585 daily[1]
Rank	94 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Minnesota Avenue toward Vienna Orange Line Cheverly toward New Carrollton
Former services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Minnesota Avenue toward Huntington Blue Line Cheverly toward New Carrollton
Route map Cheverly Minnesota Avenue
Location

Deanwood station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for only the Orange Line, the station is the final station in the District of Columbia going east. The station is located at Minnesota Avenue and 48th Street Northeast.

Deanwood averaged just 585 daily entries in 2023, making it the least-utilized Metro station in the District of Columbia.

History

The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Landover, Minnesota Avenue, and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[5] New Carrollton station was closed from May 28, 2022, through September 5, 2022, as part of the summer platform improvement project, which also affected the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations.[6]

On September 10, 2022, Blue Line trains started serving the station due to the 14th Street bridge shutdown as a part of the Blue Plus service.[7] The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line.[8]

Station Layout

The Deadwood station consists of an at-grade island platform situated between CSX freight track tracks, built on unneeded land within the existing right-of-way. The station fare gates and mezzanine exist in a basement level underneath the south end of the platform, with entrances from both sides of the right-of-way. A bus bay is located outside of the southeast exit, between Minnesota Avenue itself and the station entrance. A small parking lot exists to the north of the southeast exit.

Notable places nearby

• Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

References

1. "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
2. Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978). "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway". The Washington Post. p. C1.
3. Eisen, Jack; Feinstein, John (November 18, 1978). "City-County Fanfare Opens Orange Line". The Washington Post. p. D1.
4. "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
5. Siddiqui, Faiz (May 7, 2018). "Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
6. "Final phase of Metro's multi-year Platform Improvement Project begins this weekend, closing five Orange Line stations". WMATA. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
7. "Metro announces travel alternatives for major Blue and Yellow Line construction this fall". Retrieved March 9, 2024.
8. "Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback". WJLA-TV. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

External links

• Media related to Deanwood (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA Deanwood station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Deanwood Station
• Minnesota Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Polk Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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