Extensions
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| === Extensions === | === Extensions === |
| [[File:WMATA 1987 Breda 3000 series arriving Greenbelt and getting ready to return to Huntington.jpg|thumb|Yellow Line train arriving at the {{wmata|Greenbelt station}} in [[Greenbelt, Maryland]], the former northern terminus of the line along the Green Line in August 2022]] | [[File:WMATA 1987 Breda 3000 series arriving Greenbelt and getting ready to return to Huntington.jpg|thumb|Yellow Line train arriving at the {{wmata|Greenbelt}} station in [[Greenbelt, Maryland]], the former northern terminus of the line along the Green Line in August 2022]] |
| In 2006, Metro board member [[Jim Graham]] and Washington, D.C. Mayor [[Anthony A. Williams]] proposed re-extending Yellow Line service to {{wmata|Fort Totten}} or even to {{wmata| Greenbelt}}. Their proposal did not involve constructing any new track because either extension would run along the same route as the existing Green Line, thus relieving crowding on that line and would require fewer switches to maintain making operations easier. Suburban members of the board initially resisted the proposal. Through a compromise that also increased service on the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]], on April 20, 2006, the WMATA board approved a Yellow Line extension to the Fort Totten station during off-peak hours. An 18-month pilot program began on December 31, 2006, at a cost of $5.75 million to the District of Columbia.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |date=April 20, 2006 |url=http://www.wmata.com/about/met_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1187 |title=Yellow Line to extend to Fort Totten; off-peak Red Line turn backs at Grosvenor to end. |access-date=March 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007093...et_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1187 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/yellow-line-fort-totten-expected-be-approved|title=Yellow Line to Fort Totten expected to be approved|work=Washington Examiner|date=April 20, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=November 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On June 26, 2008, due to the success of the 18-month trial, the Yellow Line was permanently extended to operate up to the Fort Totten Metro Station at all other times other than during weekday rush hour/peak commuter periods.<ref name="wmata.com"/> | In 2006, Metro board member [[Jim Graham]] and Washington, D.C. Mayor [[Anthony A. Williams]] proposed re-extending Yellow Line service to {{wmata|Fort Totten}} or even to {{wmata| Greenbelt}}. Their proposal did not involve constructing any new track because either extension would run along the same route as the existing Green Line, thus relieving crowding on that line and would require fewer switches to maintain making operations easier. Suburban members of the board initially resisted the proposal. Through a compromise that also increased service on the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]], on April 20, 2006, the WMATA board approved a Yellow Line extension to the Fort Totten station during off-peak hours. An 18-month pilot program began on December 31, 2006, at a cost of $5.75 million to the District of Columbia.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |date=April 20, 2006 |url=http://www.wmata.com/about/met_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1187 |title=Yellow Line to extend to Fort Totten; off-peak Red Line turn backs at Grosvenor to end. |access-date=March 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2007093...et_news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1187 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/yellow-line-fort-totten-expected-be-approved|title=Yellow Line to Fort Totten expected to be approved|work=Washington Examiner|date=April 20, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=November 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On June 26, 2008, due to the success of the 18-month trial, the Yellow Line was permanently extended to operate up to the Fort Totten Metro Station at all other times other than during weekday rush hour/peak commuter periods.<ref name="wmata.com"/> |
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