Columbia Heights station

Columbia Heights
Location	3030 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20009
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Green Line Yellow Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 52, 53, 54, D32, H1, H2, H3, H4, H8, W45, W47 DC Circulator
Construction
Bicycle facilities	4 racks, 12 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	E04
History
Opened	September 18, 1999
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	12,415 daily [1]  2.67%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station U Street toward Branch Avenue Green Line Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Greenbelt U Street toward Franconia–Springfield Yellow Line Greenbelt-Franconia-Springfield weekdays rush hours service Rush Plus U Street toward Huntington Yellow Line Not on weekdays rush hours Georgia Avenue – Petworth toward Fort Totten

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

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.

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.^[3]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Southbound	← Green Line toward Branch Avenue (U Street) ← Yellow Line toward Huntington (U Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ Green Line toward Greenbelt (Georgia Avenue – Petworth) → → Yellow Line toward Fort Totten (Georgia Avenue – Petworth) →

Station entrance pylon in 2005

Station headhouses in 2015

References

1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
2. Columbia Heights neighborhood profile WDCEP Retrieved 2012-05-16
3. WMATA (2010). "Columbia Heights Station". Art by Metro Line: Green Line. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

External links

• WMATA: Columbia Heights Station
• StationMasters Online: Columbia Heights Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Columbia Heights Station
• Irving Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Coordinates: 38°55′43″N 77°01′57″W / 38.928718°N 77.032442°W