Friendship Heights station
Washington Metro station
Friendship Heights station is a Washington Metro station on the Red Line straddling the border of Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Location
The station is at the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest and serves the neighborhoods of Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights. The area is a major retail shopping and broadcast media district. The station also serves as a bus depot linking Montgomery County Transit's Ride-On bus system with the Washington Metro. It is directly adjacent to the Western Division Metrobus garage on 44th Street and Harrison Street NW.
Notable places nearby
Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home
The Shops at Wisconsin Place, Chevy Chase Pavilion, and other shopping centers
WSBN, WMAL-FM, WLVW, WTOP-FM, and WFED radio stations
History
The station opened on August 25, 1984. Its opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the Van Ness–UDC station and the opening of the Bethesda, Grosvenor, Medical Center, and Tenleytown stations.
Station layout
The Friendship Heights station uses the four-coffer arch design found at most underground stations on the western side of the Red Line, but it is the only Metro station with this design that has mezzanines at both ends of the platform. The station's walls are more rounded than counterparts such as Van Ness-UDC and Tenleytown-AU.
It is one of 11 Metro stations constructed with rock tunneling and is accordingly deeper than most other stations. Its platform is more than 100 feet (30 m) below its north entrance.
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