Columbia Heights station

Columbia Heights station is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Green Line. Due to successful redevelopment since the station's opening, Columbia Heights is one of the busiest Metro stops outside the downtown core, with over four million exits in 2010.^[2]

Columbia Heights
Station platform viewed from mezzanine in October 2006
General information
Location	3030 14th Street NW Washington, D.C.
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 52, 54, 59, D32, H2, H4, H8, S2, S9, W45, W47 DC Circulator: Woodley Park–Adams Morgan–McPherson Square Metro
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 4 racks and 12 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	E04
History
Opened	September 18, 1999; 25 years ago (September 18, 1999)
Passengers
2023	5,681 daily[1]
Rank	13 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station U Street toward Branch Avenue Green Line Georgia Avenue–Petworth toward Greenbelt
Former Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station U Street toward Huntington Yellow Line Georgia Avenue–Petworth toward Greenbelt
Location

The station is located in Northwest Washington at 14th and Irving Streets (entrances at both the Southwest and Northeast corners), serving both the Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods. It is also close to the Adams Morgan neighborhood. Service began on September 18, 1999.

Since May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from Greenbelt to Mount Vernon Square, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on its bridge over the Potomac River and its tunnel leading into L'Enfant Plaza. Thus, it no longer services this station.^[3]

Station layout

The station has an island platform located underneath 14th Street, with an entrance at the intersection with Irving Street.

Public art

Installed in 1999, Woven Identities is a mural and wall sculpture located in the Metro station. Installed as part of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities public art agenda the piece was created by D.C. architect Meghan Walsh, AIA and youth from Casa Del Pueblo Community Center. A series of painted panels, which appear like mosaics, the mural is abstract featuring faces representing the diversity of the Columbia Heights neighborhood. Neon lights of many colors glow from behind the framed painted mosaics.^[4]

References

1. "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
2. "Columbia Heights neighborhood profile" (PDF). WDCEP. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 16, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
3. "Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback". WJLA-TV. Sinclair Broadcast Group. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
4. WMATA (2010). "Columbia Heights Station". Art by Metro Line: Green Line. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

External links

• WMATA Columbia Heights station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Columbia Heights Station
• Irving Street west entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Irving Street east entrance from Google Maps Street View

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