![]() The upper level of Fort Totten station in April 2019 that serves Red Line trains | ||||||||||||||||
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Location | 550 Galloway Street NE Washington, D.C. | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°57′06″N 77°00′08″W / 38.951777°N 77.002174°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 per level) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 (2 per level) | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Red Line: Elevated Green Line: Below grade | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Parking | 408 spaces | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Capital Bikeshare, 10 racks and 6 lockers | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | B06 (upper level) E06 (lower level) | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | February 4, 1978[1] | |||||||||||||||
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2023 | 5,215 daily[2] | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 15 out of 98 | |||||||||||||||
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Fort Totten station is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It is one of the four major transfer points on the Metrorail system. It acts as a transfer point between the Green and Red Lines. It is the last station on the Green Line in the District of Columbia before heading into Maryland and the second to last for the Red Line. It is one of two stations (the other being Arlington Cemetery station) with three levels (the entrance and exit are on the second floor between the three lines), and is doubly unique in being the only multi-level transfer station built above ground and being the only such station to have island platforms on both levels, as opposed to just the lower level. The station's name comes from a Civil War-era fortification which itself was named after General Joseph Gilbert Totten, the Chief Engineer of the antebellum US Army.
The station is located in the middle of Fort Totten Park in Northeast, serving the neighborhoods of Fort Totten to the west and Queens Chapel to the east. The station also serves the adjacent neighborhoods of Riggs Park, North Michigan Park, and Michigan Park in Northeast D.C., the Manor Park neighborhood of Northwest, and the Maryland neighborhood of Chillum.[3]