Washington DC Metro is a part of its tourist attraction because only few cities in United States have this facility. The underground train facility in other parts of the world is referred to in different names like subways or tube rails. The Washington DC Metro is also commonly called the Metro by the local residents.
Washington DC Metro began its journey from the year 1976 though planning and speculation about this elaborate program had begun since 1950s. It took around 7 years to complete the construction of these underground railways for only five stations.
The design of the explicit underground railway was fabricated by Harry Weese. This project was one of the major projects to be ever undertaken in United States and the Washington DC is one of the busiest railways only after New York. The names of the lines of Washington DC metro are red line, orange line, blue line, yellow line and green line. Among these only the red line began in the year 1976 and subsequently the blue and orange line in 1977 and 1978 respectively. The authorities plan to build a silver line next and to extend the blue line.
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) which is a semi governmental agency operates and regulates the whole metro system of Washington DC . The fares of the Washington DC metro vary with the time of the day. As the rush decreases the amount fare also decreases with it. The authorities provide the passengers with the facility of a fare card and a SmarTrip Card. If you are visiting the city for a day or planning to tour the city for a whole week it would be convenient to use a ‘One day pass' or a ‘7-day Fast Pass'. Special concessions are given to students and disabled people on the passes. All residents of District of Columbia, Fairfax Country, Maryland County and county of Prince George's can avail the Metro. The Washington DC metro also has its own police to provide security to its passengers and ensure them a safe journey.
The group which is mostly benefited by the Washington DC metro is the students as all the major colleges and universities are accessible easily through this. Apart from the residents of Washington DC people living in or working in Maryland and Virginia enjoys this state of the art transport system.
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