Wheaton station (Washington Metro)

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Wheaton station is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. The station serves the suburb of Wheaton, and is located at the intersection of Georgia Avenue (Maryland Route 97) and Reedie Drive. The station contains 230-foot-long (70 m) escalators, which are the longest set of single-span escalators in the Western Hemisphere. Service at Wheaton began on September 22, 1990. It was the northeastern end of the Red Line for nearly eight years, until Glenmont opened in July 1998. On June 1, 2024, all Red Line stations north of Fort Totten were closed to allow the Maryland Transit Administration to work on the upcoming Purple Line. Takoma re-opened on June 29, while the rest of the stations re-opened on September 1.

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