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Washington metro

The Washington DC Metropolitan system is the rapid transit system of Washington DC, consisting of five lines, 83 stations, and about 103 miles of track. The system was completed on January 13, 2001. It is operated by Washington Metropolitan Area Trasit Authority (named also WMATA).

Red Line was opened in 1976 and it contains 27 stations, Orange Line's opening limps on 1978, consisting of 26 stations. Line Blue numbers 27 stations, which commenced their work in 1977.

Yellow Line started its work in 1983, counting 17 stations, and the last one is Green Line with its 21 stations, which began operating in 1991. There is a plan of one more line as well. And it will be a Silver Line.

The system is the second busiest system in the United States of America, exceeded by a New York one only. About 700,000 trips are usually accomplished during the day.

Harry Weese is a talented Chicago architect, who made the Washington metro being one of the most modern ones all over the world. The network system was designed with a spoke-hub distribution paradigm, what facilities a lot the process of transportation from the centre of the city to the subway and vice versa. Though, it is not really convenient to use the metro system to transport, for instance, from one subway to another one.

The system of the metro is guarded by the police and special ticket inspectors, so the level of corruption is not high, though, you should always validate your ticket in order not to  be fined.

Metro trains run from 5.30 a.m. until midnight on weekdays, and from 8a.m till midnight on weekend. It is always more reasonable to use metro during the day, when the rush hours occur, but you are not able to do the same at night. The way out of the situation is to take a taxi.

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