Red Line (Washington Metro)

Red Line
Red Line
	Red Line train arriving at Tenleytown–AU in February 2019
Overview
Status	Operating
Locale	Montgomery County, MD and Washington, D.C.
Termini	Shady Grove; Glenmont;
Stations	27
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Washington Metro
Operator(s)	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Rolling stock	2000-series, 3000-series, 6000-series, 7000-series
History
Opened	March 27, 1976
Technical
Line length	31.9 mi (51.3 km)
Number of tracks	2
Character	At-grade, underground, and elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1,429 mm)
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC
Route map
	I-495
	Capital Beltway
	MD
	DC
	MD
	DC
	US 50
	New York Avenue
	to Vienna
	to Franconia–Springfield
	I-395
	Third Street Tunnel
	to Ashburn
	to New Carrollton
	to Downtown Largo
	to Branch Avenue
	to Huntington
	All stations are accessible

The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 27 stations in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is a primary line through downtown Washington and the oldest and busiest line in the system. It forms a long, narrow "U," capped by its terminal stations at Shady Grove and Glenmont.

Trains run most frequently during morning and evening rush hours (nominally four to eight minutes apart) and least frequently after 9:30 p.m. (nominally 15 to 18 minutes apart).

The Red Line is the only line in the system that does not share its tracks with another Metrorail line. However, it operates parallel to CSX Transportation freight trains along the railroad's Metropolitan Subdivision from the D.C. neighborhood of Brentwood north past Silver Spring, Maryland, and continuing through Twinbrook.

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