| Farragut North |
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| Station statistics |
| Address |
1001 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20036 |
| Lines |
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| Platforms |
1 island platform |
| Tracks |
2 |
| Bicycle facilities |
eight racks |
| Other information |
| Opened |
March 27, 1976 |
| Accessible |
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| Code |
A02 |
| Owned by |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
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| Traffic |
| Passengers (2006) |
9.717 million  4% |
| Services |
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Farragut North is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square. It lies at the heart of the business district on Connecticut Avenue, with two entrances at L Street and one at K Street. Adjacent to the L Street entrance was a food court which has its own stairway to the surface; the food court closed in 2007 and will be replaced with a Results Gym location. It is the third-busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 27,200 passengers per weekday as of May 3, 2006.[1] It is also one of the most shallow, with a lower-than-usual ceiling. The low, flat ceiling at the west end was built to accommodate a proposed freeway ramp to Interstate 66, which was never built. Service began on March 27, 1976. Farragut North station features unique architecture throughout the system. Its mezzanine stretches across more of the platform and is longer than most, with an open depression looking onto the platform in the middle. There are two elevated "aisles" that serve different escalators and exits. Special buttress-like structures support these stretches of the mezzanine. As part of the long-term capital improvement plan dated September 12, 2002, Metro has proposed building an underground pedestrian tunnel connecting this station with Farragut West. The station, as with the nearby square, takes its name from Admiral David Farragut, the senior officer of the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War.
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