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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Jun 14 16:31:59 2012, in response to WMATA Trivia in Advance of Next Week's Service Changes, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Jun 12 08:39:14 2012. Here are the answers:1. Farragut North-Rhode Island Avenue: This was the first segment of the system opened, operating from March 27, 1976 through January 16, 1977, at which time Dupont Circle opened 2. Greenbelt-Farragut North: This was the Green Line Commuter Shortcut that operated from January 27, 1997 until September 17, 1999, rush hours only (and also on July 4, 1999) 3. Ballston to Addison Road: I don't have exact dates for when this ran, but this was operated during the "round robin" Blue/Orange service that operated from 1982 until the Yellow Line Bridge opened in 1983. 4. New Carrollton to National Airport: This one ran twice, but it was only shown on the maps per the criteria I laid out once, also durng the "round robin" described above. The other time it ran but was not signed on the maps was from November 20, 1978 until December 11, 1979. 5. Franconia-Springfield to Greenbelt: This was shown on early maps as the Yellow Line, but no regularly scheduled service has ever operated on this route. That changes on Monday. 6. Huntington to Rosslyn: This operated on each July 4th from 2000 through 2008. The first two years, it was designated as the Yellow Line, it was then designated as the Blue Line starting in 2002. Trains terminated on the upper level and relayed on the platform, with the operators falling back an interval to ensure a quick turnaround. 7. Vienna to Largo: This is another July 4th routing, operating each July 4th from 2005 through 2008 (Largo opened in December 2004). It will operate during rush hours starting on Monday. 8. Shady Grove to Stadium-Armory: This hasn't run, and needless to say, it would be a bit difficult with some significant wrong railing in this direction. However, a train could get from Stadium-Armory to Shady Grove without wrong railing or fouling up traffic if it wanted to/needed to. 9. Greenbelt to Grosvenor: This actually did run and was depicted on a single map. On July 4, 1999, the Green Line Shortcut ran all day to Farragut North, but after the fireworks, it was extended up to Grosvenor. The Green Line on the map only went as far as Farragut North, the extension was marked by a bubble. 10. Huntington to U Street: It is true that the Yellow Line ran from Huntington to U Street from May 11, 1991 until December 28, 1991, but on the map, the Yellow Line was shown as terminating at Mount Vernon Square and the Green Line was shown as operating between U Street and L'Enfant Plaza, even though there were no Green Line trains. The correct answer per the criteria I outlined is that the last few Yellow Line trains each night from the time U Street opened until the inner city Green Line opened on September 18, 1999 were extended from Mount Vernon Square up to U Street, and this was only indicated in the public timetables. 11. National Airport to Rosslyn: Another July 4 routing. In 1999, the only year that special July 4th service operated prior to the opening of the inner city Green Line, the Blue and Inner Green Lines terminated at U Street, and the Yellow Line terminated at Mount Vernon Square. But what did that leave serving the section of track between Pentagon and Rosslyn? A shuttle train, that operated from the center track at National Airport to the upper level of Rosslyn. It was marked as a black line on the map, I didn't ride the Metro that July 4th so I'm not sure how this train was signed or announced in practice, but the route did run and was depicted on a map for a single day. 12. Huntington to Franconia-Springfield: You could run trains between these two stations without any wrong railing or reverse moves due to the wye at C&J Junction, but in practice, this has never occurred. |
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