GONOM Train journeys from the driver's seat

United States · All cities

Washington, D.C.

Washington Metro (Metrorail) · 6 lines · 98 stations

Loading the map…

Stations worth a stop

  • Red LineOrange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    The central transfer station of the network, where the Red Line crosses the Orange, Silver and Blue lines on two levels beneath downtown. Ford's Theatre is about five minutes' walk east on 10th Street, and the White House is roughly ten minutes west.

  • Red Line

    The Red Line stop inside Washington Union Station, the 1907 Beaux-Arts rail terminal used by Amtrak, MARC and VRE trains. The National Postal Museum is next door, and the U.S. Capitol is about ten minutes' walk south.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    The station's main exit opens directly onto the National Mall, beside the Smithsonian Castle and the Freer Gallery. The National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of American History face it across the Mall, and the Washington Monument is about ten minutes' walk west.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue LineYellow LineGreen Line

    A large interchange where five lines meet, south of the National Mall. The International Spy Museum is on the plaza above, and the National Air and Space Museum is about five to ten minutes' walk north on Independence Avenue.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    The station sits among the large government buildings of the Federal Triangle, next to the Ronald Reagan Building and the Old Post Office with its clock tower. The National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of American History are a few minutes south across Constitution Avenue.

  • Yellow LineGreen Line

    The station exits onto the U.S. Navy Memorial plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue. Directly across the avenue is the National Archives Museum, where the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are displayed, and Penn Quarter's restaurants and theatres lie to the north.

  • Red Line

    A Red Line stop surrounded by courthouses and the city government offices. The National Building Museum occupies the 1887 Pension Building, known for its vast interior hall, and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is on the square above the station.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    The closest station to the House office buildings on the south side of Capitol Hill. The Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building and the Capitol Visitor Center are each about five minutes' walk north.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    A stop in the rowhouse streets of Capitol Hill, a few blocks from Eastern Market, a brick market hall from 1873 with food stalls inside and outdoor craft and flea markets at weekends. Barracks Row, a stretch of restaurants on 8th Street SE, begins just south of the station.

  • Green Line

    A Green Line stop serving Nationals Park, the Washington Nationals' baseball stadium, a block south. The Yards Park and the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail run along the river beside new apartment and office blocks.

  • Green Line

    A Green Line stop in Southwest Washington, close to Arena Stage, a theatre complex on Maine Avenue. The Wharf, a waterfront district of restaurants, music venues and piers on the Washington Channel, is about ten minutes' walk west.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    The station sits in the middle of the George Washington University campus. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Potomac is about fifteen minutes' walk southwest, past the Watergate complex, and Georgetown is about twenty minutes northwest.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    A downtown station among the office buildings near K Street. Lafayette Square and the north side of the White House are about five minutes' walk south.

  • Red Line

    The station lies under Dupont Circle, a traffic circle with a marble fountain at its centre and a park popular for sitting and chess. Embassy Row stretches northwest along Massachusetts Avenue, and The Phillips Collection, an art museum opened in 1921, is about five minutes' walk away.

  • Red Line

    A deep Red Line station on Connecticut Avenue. The entrance to the Smithsonian's National Zoo is about ten minutes' walk north, and the restaurants of Adams Morgan on 18th Street are about fifteen minutes east across the Duke Ellington Bridge over Rock Creek.

  • Yellow LineGreen Line

    The station serves U Street, once known as Black Broadway for its theatres and jazz clubs. The African American Civil War Memorial stands at one exit, and the Lincoln Theatre of 1922 and Ben's Chili Bowl, open since 1958, are a short walk along U Street.

  • Yellow LineGreen Line

    A busy residential and shopping district on 14th Street, with a large Latin American community and many restaurants nearby. Meridian Hill Park, with its terraced cascade fountain, is about fifteen minutes' walk south.

  • Red Line

    The stop for the Catholic University of America in the Brookland neighbourhood of Northeast Washington. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the largest Catholic church in North America, is about ten to fifteen minutes' walk west across the campus.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    A deep station in Arlington's high-rise business district, just across the Potomac from Georgetown, with long escalators to the street. Key Bridge to Georgetown is about ten minutes' walk, and the Marine Corps War Memorial is about fifteen minutes south.

  • Blue Line

    A Blue Line stop at the main entrance of Arlington National Cemetery, next to the Welcome Center on Memorial Avenue. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Kennedy gravesite lie within the grounds, and the Lincoln Memorial is about twenty to twenty-five minutes' walk across Arlington Memorial Bridge.

  • Blue LineYellow Line

    The station serves the Pentagon and one of the region's largest bus transfer centres. The Pentagon Memorial, honouring those killed in the attack on the building on September 11, 2001, is on the building's west side, reached on foot from the station.

  • Blue LineYellow Line

    An elevated station beside the terminals of Reagan National Airport, linked to them by covered walkways. From the platforms there are views across the Potomac toward the monuments of central Washington.

  • Blue LineYellow Line

    The station for Old Town Alexandria, an 18th-century port town of brick rowhouses. The George Washington Masonic National Memorial rises on Shooter's Hill a few minutes west, and King Street runs about 1.6 km east to the Potomac waterfront and the Torpedo Factory Art Center.

  • Silver Line

    Opened in November 2022 with the Silver Line extension, the station is linked by an underground walkway with moving sidewalks to the main terminal. The terminal building, designed by Eero Saarinen and opened in 1962, is known for its sweeping curved roof.

  • Silver Line

    An elevated Silver Line station in Tysons, Northern Virginia's largest office and shopping district. A pedestrian bridge leads directly into Tysons Corner Center, and Tysons Galleria is a short walk further.

  • Red Line

    A deep Red Line station whose main escalators, about 70 metres long, are the longest single-span escalators in the Western Hemisphere. The surrounding area has a shopping mall and many small family-run restaurants serving food from around the world.

  • Red Line

    A Red Line stop next to the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. The AFI Silver Theatre, a restored 1938 cinema, and the shops and restaurants of Ellsworth Drive are about five to ten minutes' walk away.

  • Green Line

    A Green Line stop east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington. Cedar Hill, the hilltop home of Frederick Douglass preserved as a National Historic Site, is about twenty minutes' walk away, and Anacostia Park runs along the riverbank.

  • Orange LineSilver LineBlue Line

    The station sits beside the DC Armory and the former RFK Stadium site at the eastern edge of Capitol Hill, where the Orange line splits from the Silver and Blue. Historic Congressional Cemetery, founded in 1807, is about ten minutes' walk south.

  • Red LineYellow LineGreen Line

    A transfer between the Red Line and the Green and Yellow lines in Northeast Washington, with platforms on two levels. Fort Totten Park beside the station preserves the earthworks of a Civil War fort that formed part of the city's defences.

  • Red Line

    A deep Red Line station on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is directly across Rockville Pike.

Network data