Farragut West (Washington Metro)

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Farragut West

Station statistics

Address

900 Eighteenth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20006

Lines

Blue Line, Orange Line

Connections

Silver Line (planned)

Platforms

Side platforms

Tracks

two

Bicycle facilities

four racks

Other information

Opened

July 1, 1977

Accessible

Code

C03

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Traffic

Passengers (2001)

8.992 million

Services

Preceding station	Metrorail	Following station
Foggy Bottom-GWU toward Franconia–Springfield	Blue Line	McPherson Square toward Largo Town Center
Foggy Bottom-GWU toward Vienna/Fairfax–GMU	Orange Line	McPherson Square toward New Carrollton
Foggy Bottom-GWU toward Route 772	Silver Line (planned)	McPherson Square toward Stadium–Armory

Farragut West is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue and Orange Lines. It will also be on the Silver Line route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011. The station serves downtown Washington, just west of Farragut Square with two entrances on I Street at 17th and 18th Streets, Northwest. It is only a block away (across the Square) from Farragut North station; however, there is no direct connection between the two stations. As part of its long-term capital improvement plan dated September 12, 2002, Metro has proposed building an underground pedestrian tunnel connecting this station with Farragut North. Service began on July 1, 1977 with the inauguration of the Blue Line. This was the first station in the system to open without any pylons along the platform. Information normally found on the pylons is located on wall plaques. It is the fourth-busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 25,000 passengers per weekday as of May 3, 2006.^[1]