So this was our first experience with a subway. In DC they call it the Metro and it is depicted by a large blue M.
We thought we would be using it the whole time but our hotel is really close to everything and we have not needed it yet. Tonight we are heading to the Kennedy Center so we will need to ride it there and home so I felt like we needed practice to know what we are doing!
Funny, I just noticed the M is white here but on all the maps it is blue. So this is a switching station so 3 colors of trains run through here and you can switch depending on where you are going.
Way down underground we go.
On the escalator
These are the stations where you purchase your cards. The cards cost $2 each and every person needs a card but then you can refill them as much as needed.
Smartrip card.
Inside of the station on the top level. Here you pass through the gates and scan your card and the bars will open so you can pass through.
Waiting for the train. You could hear and feel it coming before you saw it.
The lights on the walkway would light up to let you know it would be arriving soon.
Ladybug on the Subway.
A picture once we got off of two trains at one time at our stop. They are both going opposite directions so you have to know which way you are going.
Waiting for another train
On the train.
So when the trains arrive you have to know what color you are getting on. There are 5 colors. And I found that you have to know the end of the line. So if the end of the the is Vienna then you are going West and if the end of the line is Carrolton, you are going east. I assumed that it would be labeled by your next stop or next several stops but it is not.
We were successful in going the correct direction every time we rode today!
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