![]() 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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023 | 5,681 daily [1] | ||||||||||
Rank | 13 out of 98 | ||||||||||
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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]
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]
The station has an island platform located underneath 14th Street, with an entrance at the intersection with Irving Street.
G | Street level | Exit/entrance, buses |
M | Mezzanine | Fare gates, ticket machines, station agent |
P Platform level | Southbound | ← ![]() |
Island platform | ||
Northbound | ![]() |
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]
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