North Bethesda station

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North Bethesda
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North Bethesda Station 072022.jpg
North Bethesda station platform in July 2022
General information
Location North Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates 39°02′53″N77°06′47″W / 39.048043°N 77.113131°W / 39.048043; -77.113131
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeBelow-grade
Parking982 spaces
Bicycle facilities Capital Bikeshare, 32  racks and 20  lockers
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeA12
History
OpenedDecember 15, 1984;39 years ago (December 15, 1984)
Previous namesWhite Flint (1984–2022)
Passengers
20231,442 daily [1]
Rank69 out of 98
Services
Preceding station WMATA Metro Logo small.svg Washington Metro Following station
Twinbrook
toward Shady Grove
Red Line Grosvenor–Strathmore
toward Glenmont
Location
North Bethesda station

North Bethesda station is a rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Washington Metro in North Bethesda, Maryland. The North Bethesda station was opened on December 15, 1984, as White Flint and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station serves residential and commercial areas of North Bethesda and Rockville and is located near the former White Flint Mall and the new Pike & Rose mixed-use development.

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Location

North Bethesda station serves commercial and residential areas of North Bethesda and Rockville. The station entrance is located immediately adjacent to the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The large Pike & Rose mixed-use development sits one block north of the station. The former site of its original "White Flint" namesake, White Flint Mall, is located about 410-mile (0.64 km) southeast of the station and was shuttered in 2015.

Transit-oriented development

North Bethesda station is at the center of the Pike District (formerly White Flint) planning area which was the subject of two sector plans (in 2010 and 2018) that were intended to generate dense, transit-oriented development. The sector plans prescribed new zoning to allow taller buildings to be built closer to the Metro station along with a new street grid to link disjointed areas. [2]

History

The station opened on December 15, 1984 [3] as part of a 7-mile (11 km), four-station northwestern extension of the Red Line [4] between Grosvenor–Strathmore and Shady Grove stations. [3] White Flint was originally known as Nicholson Lane in planning documents, [5] but the station was renamed after the White Flint Mall before it opened. A pylon at Farragut North still bears the original name of the station; extensions were originally printed on pylons throughout the system and covered up until they opened. [6]

On December 9, 2021, the Metro board voted to change the name of the station from White Flint to North Bethesda. The new name was added to Metro system maps when the second phase of the Silver Line opened on November 15, 2022. [7] In June 2022, signage in the station began to be modified to reflect the name change. [8] The new name change became official on September 11, 2022. [9]

Station layout

North Bethesda Station has an island platform located just below street level in an open cut, which leads to a tunnel on either side of the station. Access to the station is provided at ground level at the northeast corner of Rockville Pike and Marinelli Road, with a Metro-style underpass providing access to the northwest corner of the intersection. A parking garage is located east of the station on Marinelli Road.

MStreet levelExit/entrance, buses, parking, fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
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Platform level
Westbound WMATA Red.svg toward Shady Grove (Twinbrook)
Island platform
Eastbound WMATA Red.svg toward Glenmont (Grosvenor–Strathmore)

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References

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  2. White Flint sector plan Montgomery Planning Retrieved November 28, 2009
  3. 1 2 Zibart, Eve (December 16, 1984), "A rainbow coalition flocks to Red Line; four stops open amid hoopla", The Washington Post, p. A1
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  5. Johnson, Janis (September 28, 1978). "Metro in Montgomery: Plans Are Unveiled for Preserving Old Neighborhoods and Creating New Development Near Metro". The Washington Post. p. MD1. ProQuest   146865517.
  6. Zoological Park metro station? Archived December 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine DCist Retrieved November 28, 2009
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