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Federal Center SW is a Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
 station in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 on the Blue
Blue Line (Washington Metro)

The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 rapid transit metro station from Franconia?Springfield to Largo Town Center . It has stations in Fairfax County, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia and Arlington County, Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland....
 and Orange
Orange Line (Washington Metro)

The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 rapid transit metro station from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton . It has stations in Fairfax County, Virginia and Arlington County, Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland....
 Lines. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line
Silver Line (Washington Metro)

The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, informally dubbed the Silver Line due to its color on maps, is a planned extension of the Washington Metro rapid transit system, consisting of 29 metro station from Route 772 in Loudoun County, Virginia, Virginia, to Stadium-Armory in Washington, D.C., United States....
 route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011.

The station is located at 3rd and D Streets, in an area of Southwest known as the Southwest Federal Center
Southwest Federal Center

Southwest Federal Center is a business district in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., nearly entirely occupied by offices for various branches of the U.S....
, for the many federal buildings found there. Service began on July 1, 1977.

In preliminary maps this was named Voice of America
Voice of America

Voice of America is the official external Radio broadcasting and television broadcasting service of the Federal government of the United States....
 station, after the government-owned radio service located a block away.






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Federal Center SW is a Washington Metro
Washington Metro

The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....
 station in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
 on the Blue
Blue Line (Washington Metro)

The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 rapid transit metro station from Franconia?Springfield to Largo Town Center . It has stations in Fairfax County, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia and Arlington County, Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland....
 and Orange
Orange Line (Washington Metro)

The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 rapid transit metro station from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton . It has stations in Fairfax County, Virginia and Arlington County, Virginia, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland....
 Lines. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line
Silver Line (Washington Metro)

The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, informally dubbed the Silver Line due to its color on maps, is a planned extension of the Washington Metro rapid transit system, consisting of 29 metro station from Route 772 in Loudoun County, Virginia, Virginia, to Stadium-Armory in Washington, D.C., United States....
 route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011.

The station is located at 3rd and D Streets, in an area of Southwest known as the Southwest Federal Center
Southwest Federal Center

Southwest Federal Center is a business district in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., nearly entirely occupied by offices for various branches of the U.S....
, for the many federal buildings found there. Service began on July 1, 1977.

In preliminary maps this was named Voice of America
Voice of America

Voice of America is the official external Radio broadcasting and television broadcasting service of the Federal government of the United States....
 station, after the government-owned radio service located a block away. In recognition of the possibility that VOA might move or the radio service might change its name in the years to come, the Metro facility instead got a more generic name.

Notable places nearby

  • National Air and Space Museum
    National Air and Space Museum

    The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular of the Smithsonian museums....
  • National Museum of the American Indian
    National Museum of the American Indian

    The Smithsonian?s National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere....
  • United States Botanic Garden
    United States Botanic Garden

    The United States Botanic Garden is a botanic garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., near Garfield Circle.The Botanic Garden is supervised by the United States Congress through the Architect of the Capitol, who is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the United States Capitol....
  • Several federal government buildings, including FEMA, the Department of Health and Human Services, NASA
    NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
    , United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
    United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

    The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, also known by the term, HUD, is a United States Cabinet department of the United States federal government of the United States....
    , Voice of America
    Voice of America

    Voice of America is the official external Radio broadcasting and television broadcasting service of the Federal government of the United States....
     radio and television studios, and the Ford House Office Building
    Ford House Office Building

    The Ford House Office Building is one of the four office buildings containing United States House of Representatives staff in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill....
    .


External links

  • WMATA:
  • StationMasters Online:
  • The Schumin Web Transit Center: