Farragut West is a side platformed Washington Metro station in
Downtown Washington, D.C., United States.
The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Providing service for both the Blue and Orange Lines, the station is
located just west of Farragut Square with two entrances on I Street
at 17th and 18th Streets, Northwest.
It is only a block away (across the Square) from Farragut North station;
however, there is no direct connection between the two stations.
This was the first station in the system to open without any pylons along
the platform. Information normally found on the pylons is located on wall
plaques.
Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on
November 20, 1978.
It is the fourth-busiest station in the Metrorail system, averaging 25,000
passengers per weekday as of May 3, 2006.
October 8, 2018