Federal Center SW is an island platformed Washington Metro station

in an area of Southwest known as the Southwest Federal Center in

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 at 3rd and D Streets.

 

In preliminary maps this was named Voice of America station, after the

government-owned radio service located a block away.

 

In recognition of the possibility that VOA might move or the radio service

might change its name in the years to come, the Metro facility instead

received a more generic name.