Southern Avenue station

Southern Avenue is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on January 13, 2001, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for only the Green Line, the station is located on the southern side of Southern Avenue, putting it just outside the District of Columbia, opposite Valley Terrace. Southern Avenue is the first station in Maryland going southeast on the Green Line.

Southern Avenue
rapid transit station
Location1141 Southern Avenue, Temple Hills, Maryland
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: 30S, 32, A2, A32, D12, D13, D14, NH1, P12, P18, P19, W1, W2, W14
TheBus: 33, 35, 37
Construction
Structure typeOpen-cut
Parking1,980 spaces
Bicycle facilities14 racks, 40 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeF08
History
OpenedJanuary 13, 2001 (2001-01-13)
Passengers
20164,612 daily [1]  3.7%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Naylor Road
toward Branch Avenue
 Green Line Congress Heights
toward Greenbelt

Groundbreaking for the final segment of the Green Line occurred on September 23, 1995,[2] and the station opened on January 13, 2001.[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) of rail southeast of the Anacostia station and the opening of the Branch Avenue, Congress Heights, Naylor Road and Suitland stations.[3]

This station provides service to the National Harbor via Metrobus route NH1 and TheBus route 35.

Station layout

Although this station is open-cut, and the next station east (railroad south) (Naylor Road) is elevated, there is an underground section of the Green Line's tracks between these two stations; additionally, the Southern Avenue station descends into a tunnel at its western (railroad northern) end.

M Mezzanine Overpass to parking garage
G Street level Exit/entrance, buses, fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Southbound ← toward Branch Avenue (Naylor Road)
Island platform
Northbound ← toward Greenbelt (Congress Heights) →

References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  2. Fehr, Stephen C. (September 23, 1995), "After 25 years of building, Metro nears finish line", The Washington Post, p. B1
  3. Layton, Lyndsey (January 14, 2001), "All Metro doors now open; Five new Green Line stations complete 32-year project, but expansions continue", The Washington Post, p. A1


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