No New Metro Station Planned for RFK Stadium Site, but New Gold Line Bus Service Proposed to Handle Crowds
Metro says a new rail station would cost about $1 billion and miss the 2030 opening, while the Gold Line could move more than half of eventgoers.
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Metro officials yesterday laid out a plan to handle post-event crowds at the new Washington Commanders stadium that would rely on improvements to the Stadium-Armory Station, a new “Gold Line” Bus Rapid Transit route to and from Union Station, and construction of a new transit center on the RFK campus.
The Washington Metro yesterday ruled out building a new train station on the RFK campus and proposed instead a fast bus line — called Gold Line — that would connect the future Washington Commanders stadium to Union Station.The plan, with an estimated cost of between $300 and $400 million, will be presented to the WMATA board of directors on Thursday.Why Metro said no to the new stationThe transit agency estimated that building a new station woul…
No new Metro station planned for RFK Stadium site, but new Gold Line bus service proposed to handle crowds
The Commanders’ return to D.C. is already approved, along with a broader redevelopment plan for the RFK site. But how fans get to and from the stadium could make or break the project.
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