Benning Road is an island platformed Washington Metro station
in the Benning neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States.
The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service
for the Blue Line.
The station is located in a residential area near the intersection of Benning Road
and East Capitol Street.
It is the first station after the Blue and Orange Lines diverge east of the Anacostia River.
The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of 3.52
miles (5.66 km) of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the
Addison Road and Capitol Heights stations
October 8, 2018