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1、City: Washington D.C.System: Washington Metro （WMATA）Location: Glenmont Line: WMATA Red LinePhoto by: Oren H.Date: 4/5/2003Viewed （this week/total）: 16 / 1201 （image 21064） （76k, 734x503） Wayne Whitehorne 8/28/1998 16 / 2606 （image 21065） （92k, 731x477） 24 / 3532 Wheaton. Wheaton station lies deep b

2、eneath Georgia Avenue, at Reedie Drive, just north of the town center. Its escalators are the longest in the system, in fact, they are the longest in the western hemisphere at 230 feet in length, they take just over four minutes to ascend. There are two individual tubes, with single side platforms （

3、doors opening on the left）, and Arch III architecture. A corridor links the two platforms in the center of the station. There is a small parking lot with 250 spaces nearby. A number of bus lines feed the station as well. Wheaton station opened September 22, 1990. （Wheaton, however, is not the deepes

4、t station in North America, that honor goes to Portlands Washington Park station.）（image 21207） （70k, 743x495） Wheaton 10/12/1999 10 / 1820 （image 21208） （54k, 743x495） 6 / 1925 （image 21209） （98k, 743x492） 6 / 1025 （image 21206） （76k, 739x493） 3 / 861 Forest Glen. Forest Glen station is architectur

5、ally similar to Wheaton but has one major difference. It is deeper still than its sister station, so deep, in fact, that an escalator link to the mezzanine could not be built. Instead, a bank of six elevators provides the only exit from the platform level. This is the only station in the Metro syste

6、m to have an elevator-only exit. It is also the deepest station of them all, at 200 feet beneath the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Forest Glen Drive. There is also a parking facility here, with 596 spaces. Forest Glen station opened September 22, 1990.（image 21009） （74k, 750x491） Forest Glen Ca

7、r: 3091/3049 2 / 1247 （image 21039） （71k, 745x493） 3 / 914 （image 21040） （55k, 745x493） 4 / 1368 （image 21041） （72k, 745x490） 5 / 1040 （image 21038） （75k, 738x496） 4 / 667 Silver Spring: After Forest Glen, the Red Line comes out of its tunnel and emerges as a surface route, with the next stop at Sil

8、ver Spring. This station was the Red Lines eastern terminus for several years. Some Red line trains still terminate here during the midday hours; these trains operate to Grosvenor. This station sits on a low elevated structure, adjacent to the MARC tracks over Colesville Road. It features a gull-win

9、g roof design. The station entrances are on either side of Colesville Road. There are also layup tracks north of the station which are used by trains going to and from Grosvenor. A nearby parking garage provides 715 commuter parking spaces. Silver Spring station opened February 6, 1978.（image 21161）

10、 （59k, 640x480） Silver Spring Mark Greenwald 8/11/2002 0 / 920 （image 21159） （117k, 745x498） 2 / 800 （image 21160） （126k, 745x501） 0 / 588 Takoma. Takoma station is located near Blair Road NE and Cedar Street NE, which is almost at the District line. It is the first station within the District on th

11、e Red line. This station sits upon an embankment adjacent to the MARC tracks and is similar to Silver Spring, with a gull-wing roof. It also has a small commuter parking facility, with 146 short-term spaces available. Takoma station opened February 6, 1978.（image 21166） （91k, 706x431） Takoma 1 / 622

12、 （image 21167） （118k, 745x496） 1 / 543 Fort Totten （upper level）. The Fort Totten stations upper level was constructed and opened long before the lower level. However, provisions for the lower level had already been built in. This station is located literally in the middle of Fort Totten Park, with

13、access roads leading to it from Galloway Street NE and Gallatin Street NE. The level serving the Red line has an island platform and a gull-wing roof, similar to the Silver Spring and Takoma Stations. In the mezzanine are transfers leading to the lower level Green line platform. See the Green Line s

14、ection for more information on the lower level station. South of this station, a single-track spur goes underground and connects with the Green Line at a point east of its station. In addition, there is a parking facility with 408 commuter spaces. Fort Totten station upper level opened February 6, 1

15、978.（image 21173） （78k, 733x495） Fort Totten 6/24/2002 2 / 687 （image 21174） （74k, 743x501） 1 / 1158 （image 21175） （58k, 500x743） 3 / 563 （image 21171） （94k, 744x499） 2 / 718 Brookland-CUA. The Brookland-CUA （Catholic University of America） station is located just south of Michigan Avenue NE near Bu

16、nker Hill Road NE. It is situated just below street level; Michigan Avenue NE passes over it via a street bridge. It is one of the few stations with a curved platform. This station also has an island platform with a gull-wing roof. It is located not far from the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, whose golden dome can be clearly seen from the station. There is no commuter parking. Just further south the Red line goes into and out of a short tunnel as it switches from one side of the parallel CSX tracks