L'Enfant Plaza (Washington Metro)

L'Enfant Plaza is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue, Green, Orange and Yellow Lines. It is a transfer station with the Blue and Orange lines on the lower level, crossed by the Yellow and Green lines on the upper level. It is also where the Yellow and Green lines converge going north. It is the only station in the system with four lines.

The station is located in southwest Washington, with entrances at the L'Enfant Plaza mall concourse at 9th and D Streets, on D Street between 6th and 7th Streets, at Maryland Avenue and 7th Street, and in the courtyard of the Department of Transportation building. It is in the center of an area crowded with federal buildings, and is a transfer station to easily cross the Potomac between Virginia and central Washington, making it a very busy station. Service began on the Blue and Orange level on July 1, 1977, and on the Green and Yellow level on April 30, 1983.

Notable places nearby

• Several Smithsonian Museums, nearest are:
  • Hirshhorn Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • National Air and Space Museum (This is probably the nearest station to this most popular of Smithsonian museums)
• Several federal government buildings, including:
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Energy