Route
The southern terminus of the Green Line is near the intersection of Branch Avenue (Maryland Route 5) and Auth Road just inside the Capital Beltway near Andrews Air Force Base. The route goes northwest through a park to join the right of way of the Suitland Parkway. It viers southeast along Southern Avenue and then north on 13th Street SE to rejoin Suitland Parkway. The Green Line crosses the Anacostia River and tunnels under the Washington Navy Yard and travels west under M Street SE. It then joins the Yellow Line in a tunnel under 7th Street SW. The tunnel bends west along Florida Avenue and U Street NW and then turns north under 14th Street NW. The tunnel turns northeast under New Hampshire Ave NW, and cut across Fort Totten Park where it intersects the Red Line. The Green Line runs east through the Fort Circle Parks and tunnels under Queens Chapel Road to emerge along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad right of way to Greenbelt adjacent to the Capital Beltway.
The following stations are on the Green Line. They are listed from south to north.
| Station | Code | Opened | Other Metro Lines |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Avenue | F11 | 2001 | Southern terminus | |
| Suitland | F10 | 2001 | ||
| Naylor Road | F09 | 2001 | ||
| Southern Avenue | F08 | 2001 | ||
| Congress Heights | F07 | 2001 | ||
| Anacostia | F06 | 1991 | ||
| Navy Yard – Ballpark | F05 | 1991 | ||
| Waterfront | F04 | 1991 | ||
| L'Enfant Plaza | F03 | 1977 | * | Transfer station for the Blue, Orange and Yellow Lines (southern); *transfer to planned Silver Lines |
| Archives | F02 | 1983 | ||
| Gallery Place | F01 | 1976 | transfer station for the Red Line | |
| Mount Vernon Square | E01 | 1991 | Yellow Line terminates here during peak hours | |
| Shaw – Howard University | E02 | 1991 | ** | |
| U Street | E03 | 1991 | ** | |
| Columbia Heights | E04 | 1999 | ** | |
| Georgia Avenue – Petworth | E05 | 1999 | ** | |
| Fort Totten | E06 | 1993 | ** | transfer station for the Red (full-time) and Yellow Lines (**during off-peak hours, northern) |
| West Hyattsville | E07 | 1993 | (Rush+) | |
| Prince George's Plaza | E08 | 1993 | (Rush+) | |
| College Park – University of Maryland | E09 | 1993 | (Rush+) | |
| Greenbelt | E10 | 1993 | (Rush+) | Northern terminus |
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