White Flint station

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White Flint
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General information
Location5500 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland
Coordinates 39°02′53″N77°06′47″W / 39.048043°N 77.113131°W / 39.048043; -77.113131 Coordinates: 39°02′53″N77°06′47″W / 39.048043°N 77.113131°W / 39.048043; -77.113131
Owned by WMATA
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Metrobus : C8
Aiga bus trans.svg Ride On : 5, 26, 38, 42, 46, 81, 101
Construction
Structure typeopen-cut
Parking982 spaces
Bicycle facilities32 racks, 20 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeA12
History
OpenedDecember 15, 1984;37 years ago (December 15, 1984)
Passengers
20163,456 daily [1] Decrease2.svg 10.35%
Services
Preceding station WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro Following station
Twinbrook
toward Shady Grove
Red Line Grosvenor–Strathmore
toward Glenmont

White Flint is an island platformed Washington Metro station in North Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on December 15, 1984, 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

White Flint serves commercial and residential areas of North Bethesda and Rockville. White Flint's namesake, the White Flint Mall, was located about .4 mi (0.64 km) southeast of the station. The new government-designated "downtown" for the area, the Pike & Rose mixed-use development, is two blocks away.

Transport-oriented development

White Flint station is planned to be the center of a large transport-oriented development. The development will include new zoning to allow taller buildings to be built closer to the station along with a new street grid to link what are now currently 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 will be added to Metro system maps when the second phase of the Silver Line opens in 2022. [7]

Station layout

White Flint 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.

GStreet levelExit/entrance, buses, parking, fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level
Westbound WMATA Red.svg toward Shady Grove (Twinbrook)
Island platform
Eastbound WMATA Red.svg toward Silver Spring or 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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