Fun fact for Rockville: to build the Metro station, they actually lifted, relocated and rotated the entire original B&O railroad station building and freight house built in 1873 to make way for the new Red Line track. if you look into old satellite images, you can see how they shifted the B&O station 50 meters east and rotated it by about 150°. pretty cool that they decided to lift up and move the historical buildings rather than demolish them or take them apart and then rebuild. they’re used as office spaces now!
That park that Metro and the neighborhood went to court over houses a vent shaft that has stairs that take you down to the track some 100+ feet down. At the bottom of those stairs is a tie breaker station-a room that has track feeder breakers that tie one section of track fed by a traction power substation to another section of track fed by another substation. As a guy that has to maintain those track feeder breakers, often as big as a grown man, I HATE having to switch down that dirty, dusty deep hole, but it’s kinda cool. The worst one is at the tie breaker at Forest Glen-we often request a train take us down there bc that shaft is stupid long and if we have to carry equipment with us it’s a problem bc that shaft is nearly 200’ deep. -your local metro power tech
Even as an urban planner, transit nerd who has read the Metro book and all kinds of random Metro info, and former daily Red Line rider, I did not know a majority of the facts mentioned in this video. I also almost never comment on TH-cam videos but had to share how great this was and that I greatly look forward to watching the videos for other lines!
I rode the Metro train the first day of operation March 1976. Both on free-ride day on Saturday and the first day of regular service on Monday. I was the first passenger to ever board at the Van Ness-UDC station on 12/5/1981.
I ride the Red Line often, so this is a great video for me. Here are some things you didn't mention. 1) The on-platform fare gates at Shady Grove were only just installed. It was in '21-'22 while both SG and Rockville were shut down for canopy replacement. They are exit-only. 2) Rockville is also an Amtrak station. It's the first station heading northwest out of DC. 3)Your video leaving Silver Spring shows a glimpse of the elevated Purple Line that is under construction. 4) The Silver Spring and Bethesda stations are less than four miles apart physically, yet they are more than a dozen stations apart! That's due to the Red Line's U-shaped route.
@@andyontrack Also forgot the "secret" track from the Red Line to the Yellow/Green line. I rode that back when they opened the northern end of the Greenbelt line but before they opened the underground portion. One main fact is that this Red/Green line hybrid skipped Fort Toten altogether.
@@drakeil I don’t think it’s “secret “you can clearly see it after leaving Brookland going towards FT. Toten . It’s used often for non passenger service
oh, for the first one, i thought it was new to me and i decided to use the main exit. also i use google maps for the shady grove station and its from 2019, so yeah.
Probably the best video on the Metro out there. Absolutely incredible job guys, I love the editing and wide variety of sources. I am a contractor for Metro who absolutely loves learning about this stuff, so please make more! Metro needs more rail enthusiast TH-camrs (like Geoff) so people can appreciate what a great system it has. I am subscribed.
This is honestly the best video I've seen on the metro, this system gets hardly any videos despite being one of the best in America, thanks for making this video, I learnt so much more about the red line!
Tenleytown and Van Ness shouldn’t have been skipped over! Tenleytown’s street level elevator on the east side goes directly down to the train platform, which is pretty unusual for elevators in the system. There’s a single fair gate at the bottom of the elevator. At Van Ness, there’s pretty interesting sculptures outside the west entrance of the station, huge concrete balls covered in rhinestones, and rocks. The bus bay at that station is also abandoned for metro bus use (Metrobus H2 stopped serving it, and bus N8 was discontinued) but I'm not sure if the adjacent UDC campus uses the bay or not. Nothing really worth mentioning at Cleveland park. Metro Center also has the now defunct metro sales office located in the station. There have been plans to build a pedestrian tunnel between Metro center and Gallery Place - Chinatown due to the close proximity between the two stations but this has yet to take place. Otherwise, great vid!
As an undergraduate in 1976 I had an internship on Capitol Hill and a room near Dupont Circle. The Metro was in its very early days, but the exact stretch I needed -- Dupont Circle to Union Station -- was I think the first to open. Which made me among the first wave of Metro commuters.
Nice job Andy. I am a native of Montgomery County and relied on the Metro train, since I was a little kid to a college student. Silver Spring Station is near and dear to my heart. Keep up the good work, cannot wait until you cover the Purple line.
I like your tribute to the artwork in the WMATA system... As a worker for the system, I dislike how they take the cheapest method of making additions to the system by just tacking cables and wires to the wall, cluttering up its beautiful Brutalist architecture.
yeah, i love its casette futurism feeling. but honestly modern architecture can work with small bits of infrastructure covering it, the sears tower wouldn't be the same without its antenna
I used to live between the Cleveland Park and Van Ness stops on the Red Line. One thing I loved about these two stations in particular is that you can cross Connecticut Avenue underground. Very handy when you don't want to wait at a crosswalk!
I live by Van Ness and have thought about this, but I can't imagine it ever being faster than just waiting. I should time myself sometime just to be sure.
The Woodley Park Zoo station has a provision for a surface entrance on the east side of Connecticut Avenue, The provision is in the east wall on the landing at the bottom of the surface entrance escalators.
If I remember correctly, that was similar thing with Tenlytown and the entrance straddling Wisconsin Ave. I used to get off there when I worked three blocks from the station.
Joined WMATA 7/2/1973 and was supervisor of Accounts Payable for many years. Had the honor of riding the first test train on the short line from Brentwood yard to Rhode Island Avenue Station when the 1st 1002 & 1003 trains were received from Winder Georgia Rohr manufacturing plant.
This show and your narration about the Red Line is so comprehensive that I am seeing more about the Red Line than when I visited Metrorail's subway stations. Also, I saw more areas that I had not even noticed at the surface and elevated stations. The Metrorail stations have very interesting mezzanine and entrance designs. I am sorry to mention that Judiciary Square Station has been overlooked. However, I know the site well, because I used to visit the former Metro Headquarters. Also, Cleveland Park, Van Ness-UDC, and Brookland stations are not in this show. I hope to see more of your coverage on the blue, orange, and silver lines, even the green and yellow lines, too. The Metrorail stations are my main attraction. Your coverage of the Red Line is the best report.
this was great. as someone who rides the red line frequently i found it so cool that someone made a video on something i use frequently. made trains feel almost romantic when i know damn well what goes on those trains
I lived in the Gaithersburg/Derwood area from 1993 thur 2023. I took the Red line almost on a daily basis to downtown DC. I have retired in October 2023 and has moved down to SC. This brings back a lot of memories.
Hi Andy this is Sammy, a guy you met at the silver line opening, we exchanged info but you never got back to any of my messages, good to see that you're still out there doing things. Hope our paths cross again.
surprised you didn't call out Farragut Crossing! Pretty neat! Great video btw!! "Customers can exit either Farragut North or West, walk a short distance above ground around Farragut Square and reenter the system at the other Farragut station without paying extra. Previously, Metro's fare system would have interpreted the transfer as two separate trips." another cool feature: ""Simply tap your SmarTrip card each time you enter or exit the Metrorail system and you have 30 minutes to complete the outdoor transfer, allowing plenty of time to grab a sandwich along the way.
That vent shaft near Tenlytown station was a park I always went to as a child, brings me chills just seeing it empty here. Used to go there with all my friends.
I ride the Red Line twice a week as part of a long, multimodal commute from Baltimore. You have given me cause to step outside the hustle & bustle of my utilitarian rides and shown me a reason to slow down and appreciate the beauty which has been within reach the whole time. Now, I want to extend my ride to other stations and spend time exploring more of D.C. Truly a gift from a stranger! This video was very well made and your elevator transition at Friendship Heights nearly tricked my brain into believing the opposing doors opened like a foyer entrance into a lobby. Bravo! This essay video is a top-five for my 2024 browsing, unlikely to be unseated in the 2nd half of the year. Thank you, great work!
I remember when Glenmont was being built in the late 90s. I was in elementary school. It was a thrill to utilize the brand new station, later, as a middle schooler
Brings back memories from my childhood. I remember riding the Red Line to the Zoo, or for a nice day with the family in DC. Hope to some day come back for a visit. Nice video. Cheers from Brasil.
@@meetmeinva That was the bane of my existence growing up in DC. I was around when they started extending to Greenbelt and Branch Ave. It was part of the reason I hated taking the F4 down the street to PG Plaza.
i remember sitting on the Wheaton escalator with my sister and with our grandma standing behind us every time we down to the platform. we would occasionally make the trip all the way down to Pentagon City mall for Panda Express. Good times 🥰
I grew to loathe Gallery Place and Union Station back in 2007. I lived in New Carrollton but worked in Friendship Heights for my first job. I used to try and save commute time by parking at College Park station and catching the train there. It was TORTURE switching off at Gallery Place due to the weird layout as people refused to move down the platform. Later, I realized it was actually quicker to ride MARC from New Carrollton to Union Station and switch. However, it was SO crowded during rush hour.
There was what I called the Gallery Place Shuffle. On the Red Line going toward Shady Grove, the train would start into the station, stop, then pull forward to the normal position to receive and discharge passengers. EVERY SINGLE TIME, so it was not a case of being too close to another train.
It was an excellent video. Thank you for your time in sharing such interesting facts about the Red Line. Looking forward to learning about the secrets of the other lines!
It’s weird to see the stations where I grew up in a video. They’re just stations, but I commuted through them in the stable and darkest times of my life. I got goosebumps seeing those shots of what I live every day.
Great video and looking forward to more colors!! Thanks for all the fun and interesting facts/history. I'm gonna toss in one more about the Red Line: It's the only line that does not go to L'Enfant Plaza. Keep it up and hitting the like, subscribe, and notification bell!!
Great video, just enough info but not overboard, I love the penguin mural too. Next time I go to DC I am going to visit it because of your video! Thank you and do the rest! Well done!
Dude this was a great video, so surprised it's your first one! I really appreciated the attention to detail - would love to see a vid on the Silver Line!
I'm a pretty adventurous guy, and I knew about most of the secrets at the stations that I've used, from Shady Grove to Forest Glen. But after watching this video, I will be certain to keep a look out for all of the artwork that I've never paid attention to. Thank you for making this video, this is one of the best videos I have seen on the metro. Keep the series up! :)
Just discovered your channel. I grew up riding the Metro when I lived in the area with my parents. Thank you for these wonderful uploads! Just a nostalgic blast from the past for me! So much has changed yet remains a little bit of the same!
Really enjoyed your Red Line video! Katie/Daniel shared it with me last month (I was at G/S from 2011-2016) and I just got a chance to watch it. Excellently presented and well produced - great work! I loved the Metro when I lived in town; glad to see G/S has has another superfan on staff.
I rode the Red Line for 30 years and have just passed by many of the things you pointed out. My exercise for the day was running up the Wheaton escalator. One little secret you missed is the track that connects the Red line to the Orange/Blue line. It is located on the Shady Grove side just before the Farragut North station.
Thanks for this video! I've previously lived in DC twice, totaling more than 9 years, and I still learned several things about the Metro that I didn't know. Now I want to go check out that weird little entrance to Forest Glen! 🙂
Thank you Andy for these historical tidbits about the Metro. My bucket list to ride every line. I don't want to get off every stop just the ones that interest me. Keep up the good work!!
Absolutely incredible job with this video. I’m a long time WMATA enthusiast and I learned many new things here. Well done! Please make more. A video about the Metrobus system and its streetcar origins would be really interesting too.
Thank you! That was cool. I grew up just off the Shady Grove station. I never traveled past the Union Station stop; so it was really fun to hear about the ones that followed. Thank you. (3 minutes at Wheaton?!? -- Whoa! I'm kind'a sad that I've been on the Red line so many times but never experienced that particular stop.)
Very good video, you’ve earned my subscription! I wish this video was around the last time I was in DC, I would’ve loved to see all the artwork. Looking forward to more videos from you.
@@ItsLikeAShammy It's actually named "Loudoun Gateway". Just little bit more south of the station itself was a historical black community Willard Crossroads where some of the current runways of Dulles airport are. Many historic battles also happened in the area, such as Manassas Battlefield. Towns like Leesburg/Winchester are older than DC by about 50 years too. Then for some present day facts, you have Ashburn station located in the middle of the place where more than 70% of world's internet goes through.
@@zahir2942 thanks for catching that typo - I’ve edited it! Those are interesting fact to know but there doesn’t seem to be anything notable about the station itself. In fact, it seems very poorly located as there’s nothing but a parking lot. Hopefully future dense or mixed use development can occur in the coming years to make the station an appealing destination for people
Min 9:28 broooo that operator thats my boi.... One of my fav operators. I know him and we are friends. Hes Andre, thats cool to hear him. Hes currently operating in OR Line. Interesting and informative video dude! Nice Job.
Great video! I live near the metro and never knew most of this red line history until now! I have a car so I don't take the metro as much anymore but it's still nice to know the history behind our city and good to know that it's always there if we need it!
Very well made and informative video, Andy! Thanks for putting this together and taking us along for the ride. Happy to subscribe to this channel, and excited to see the next lines you ride for us!
I love the vibe of your videos. It reminds me of the old PBS specials they used to air on TV as a kid. Thank you for making a great video! Please do more if you can!
Great video! The sourcing and editing are excellent, and I loved the parts about the infrastructure. I also liked the classical music selections and the explanations of the art that some people may never notice. Additionally, while Judiciary Square and Brookland are missing, I know the latter is an unremarkable station. I haven’t explored the former, though.
I don’t remember much about the station itself, but Judiciary Square is a beautiful plaza. I definitely recommend you visit when you’re nearby at some point
I loved the interesting facts about the red line that I didn't know! Thanks so much. I'd love one of these videos for each of the lines if you get the time!
What a cool video, and I'm glad the othrr Metro lines are covered! I'm a DMV native and learned a lot here! I like the details you chose to highlight - from artwork/architecture to engineering and history - well-conveyed and with wonderful visuals/music. Great on-screen presence, too! I see this channel becoming an engaging DC-area travel series 👌🏾
Well done! Because of where I live in work, I only ever ride silver, blue, and sometimes orange. I might have to go on a "field trip" to explore the red line.
Loveeeeeeee ❤❤❤❤ sad to not see Cleveland Park stop, but happy to learn so much about my metro line 😊 Thank you for taking the time to create this video for us!
When we made the video we did not have any secrets to share about Brookland, Cleveland Park (my home station haha), Van Ness, Tenleytown, or Judiciary Square stations. However, since then we have found some great fun facts for these stations that we will share in an upcoming "Bonus Secrets of the DC Metro" video! Stay tuned!
great video!! i’ve become very familiar with red line recently, but i didn’t know most of the things in this video. looking forward to a video on the green line
10:09 there used to be a news stand behind that big screen on the right. They sold snacks, magazines, souvenirs, etc. Sort of like a Hudson News at the airport. The news stand closed, sat vacant for a while, and then they covered it up with the screen.
I briefly lived near the Friendship Heights station in 2017. It’s sad to see that mall and movie theatre have fallen by the wayside, though not surprising.
i moved to the eastern shore of maryland around this time last year and as a train nerd, I was pleasantly surprised by the DC metro! i love driving up and riding it into town :) videos like this give me even more spots to stop at and check! i need more videos about the metro from ya! immediate subscribe ❤
EXCELLENT tour vid!! I loved this part of living in the greater DC area as a kid in the 80s. Amazing to see so much as I left it. Shady Grove was where my family would go to ride the metro. More vids please! Subscription earned!
love that someone is finally taking the famed "secrets of the underground" format and making a video about a North America system.
Agreed.
Its also made by Geoff Marshall and brought to North America by Andy on Track
Fun fact for Rockville: to build the Metro station, they actually lifted, relocated and rotated the entire original B&O railroad station building and freight house built in 1873 to make way for the new Red Line track. if you look into old satellite images, you can see how they shifted the B&O station 50 meters east and rotated it by about 150°. pretty cool that they decided to lift up and move the historical buildings rather than demolish them or take them apart and then rebuild. they’re used as office spaces now!
Yes, it was a kind gesture, especially considering the urban renewal that essentially razed the entire town.
That park that Metro and the neighborhood went to court over houses a vent shaft that has stairs that take you down to the track some 100+ feet down. At the bottom of those stairs is a tie breaker station-a room that has track feeder breakers that tie one section of track fed by a traction power substation to another section of track fed by another substation. As a guy that has to maintain those track feeder breakers, often as big as a grown man, I HATE having to switch down that dirty, dusty deep hole, but it’s kinda cool. The worst one is at the tie breaker at Forest Glen-we often request a train take us down there bc that shaft is stupid long and if we have to carry equipment with us it’s a problem bc that shaft is nearly 200’ deep.
-your local metro power tech
how do you get down into the shaft? is there a latch somewhere in the vent?
Even as an urban planner, transit nerd who has read the Metro book and all kinds of random Metro info, and former daily Red Line rider, I did not know a majority of the facts mentioned in this video. I also almost never comment on TH-cam videos but had to share how great this was and that I greatly look forward to watching the videos for other lines!
Thank you so much! :)
I rode the Metro train the first day of operation March 1976. Both on free-ride day on Saturday and the first day of regular service on Monday.
I was the first passenger to ever board at the Van Ness-UDC station on 12/5/1981.
That is so cool!!! Thanks for watching :)
Love it. How’s it feel to be a small part of history?
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I don't know why, but despite how small this is it made me smile. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart
i live in bethesda and that is SO COOL
And that was the last day the Metro was not under repair.
I ride the Red Line often, so this is a great video for me. Here are some things you didn't mention.
1) The on-platform fare gates at Shady Grove were only just installed. It was in '21-'22 while both SG and Rockville were shut down for canopy replacement. They are exit-only.
2) Rockville is also an Amtrak station. It's the first station heading northwest out of DC.
3)Your video leaving Silver Spring shows a glimpse of the elevated Purple Line that is under construction.
4) The Silver Spring and Bethesda stations are less than four miles apart physically, yet they are more than a dozen stations apart! That's due to the Red Line's U-shaped route.
These are some great bonus facts--thanks for sharing!
@@andyontrack Also forgot the "secret" track from the Red Line to the Yellow/Green line. I rode that back when they opened the northern end of the Greenbelt line but before they opened the underground portion. One main fact is that this Red/Green line hybrid skipped Fort Toten altogether.
@@drakeil I don’t think it’s “secret “you can clearly see it after leaving Brookland going towards FT. Toten . It’s used often for non passenger service
thats why u take the J2
oh, for the first one, i thought it was new to me and i decided to use the main exit. also i use google maps for the shady grove station and its from 2019, so yeah.
Probably the best video on the Metro out there. Absolutely incredible job guys, I love the editing and wide variety of sources. I am a contractor for Metro who absolutely loves learning about this stuff, so please make more! Metro needs more rail enthusiast TH-camrs (like Geoff) so people can appreciate what a great system it has. I am subscribed.
Thank you so much--your comment means a lot! And don't worry, we're hard at work on the next video. :)
@andyontrack when is the next video coming out?
I just finished riding all the lines recently.
Exactly! I half-expected Andy to do the whole video in a hammy British accent as a tribute
This is honestly the best video I've seen on the metro, this system gets hardly any videos despite being one of the best in America, thanks for making this video, I learnt so much more about the red line!
So glad you enjoyed it! :)
That Friendship Heights elevator transition 🔥🔥
Tenleytown and Van Ness shouldn’t have been skipped over! Tenleytown’s street level elevator on the east side goes directly down to the train platform, which is pretty unusual for elevators in the system. There’s a single fair gate at the bottom of the elevator. At Van Ness, there’s pretty interesting sculptures outside the west entrance of the station, huge concrete balls covered in rhinestones, and rocks. The bus bay at that station is also abandoned for metro bus use (Metrobus H2 stopped serving it, and bus N8 was discontinued) but I'm not sure if the adjacent UDC campus uses the bay or not. Nothing really worth mentioning at Cleveland park. Metro Center also has the now defunct metro sales office located in the station. There have been plans to build a pedestrian tunnel between Metro center and Gallery Place - Chinatown due to the close proximity between the two stations but this has yet to take place. Otherwise, great vid!
I remember when they were planning that tunnel.
As an undergraduate in 1976 I had an internship on Capitol Hill and a room near Dupont Circle. The Metro was in its very early days, but the exact stretch I needed -- Dupont Circle to Union Station -- was I think the first to open. Which made me among the first wave of Metro commuters.
BTW, Jeff Chyatte's "Sonata" bears a striking resemblance to the Sibelius memorial in Helsinki, Finland!
Just looked this up--so true! Perhaps it was the inspiration?
Nice job Andy.
I am a native of Montgomery County and relied on the Metro train, since I was a little kid to a college student. Silver Spring Station is near and dear to my heart.
Keep up the good work, cannot wait until you cover the Purple line.
The "Grovsner" Pronunciation took me out lmao (great video!)
I only realized my mistake after recording it, hence the little "pronunciation note" lol
Glad you enjoyed the video! :)
I like your tribute to the artwork in the WMATA system... As a worker for the system, I dislike how they take the cheapest method of making additions to the system by just tacking cables and wires to the wall, cluttering up its beautiful Brutalist architecture.
yeah, i love its casette futurism feeling. but honestly modern architecture can work with small bits of infrastructure covering it, the sears tower wouldn't be the same without its antenna
I used to live between the Cleveland Park and Van Ness stops on the Red Line. One thing I loved about these two stations in particular is that you can cross Connecticut Avenue underground. Very handy when you don't want to wait at a crosswalk!
I live by Van Ness and have thought about this, but I can't imagine it ever being faster than just waiting. I should time myself sometime just to be sure.
The Woodley Park Zoo station has a provision for a surface entrance on the east side of Connecticut Avenue, The provision is in the east wall on the landing at the bottom of the surface entrance escalators.
If I remember correctly, that was similar thing with Tenlytown and the entrance straddling Wisconsin Ave. I used to get off there when I worked three blocks from the station.
Joined WMATA 7/2/1973 and was supervisor of Accounts Payable for many years. Had the honor of riding the first test train on the short line from Brentwood yard to Rhode Island Avenue Station when the 1st 1002 & 1003 trains were received from Winder Georgia Rohr manufacturing plant.
This show and your narration about the Red Line is so comprehensive that I am seeing more about the Red Line than when I visited Metrorail's subway stations. Also, I saw more areas that I had not even noticed at the surface and elevated stations. The Metrorail stations have very interesting mezzanine and entrance designs. I am sorry to mention that Judiciary Square Station has been overlooked. However, I know the site well, because I used to visit the former Metro Headquarters. Also, Cleveland Park, Van Ness-UDC, and Brookland stations are not in this show. I hope to see more of your coverage on the blue, orange, and silver lines, even the green and yellow lines, too. The Metrorail stations are my main attraction. Your coverage of the Red Line is the best report.
this was great. as someone who rides the red line frequently i found it so cool that someone made a video on something i use frequently. made trains feel almost romantic when i know damn well what goes on those trains
I lived in the Gaithersburg/Derwood area from 1993 thur 2023. I took the Red line almost on a daily basis to downtown DC. I have retired in October 2023 and has moved down to SC. This brings back a lot of memories.
Hi Andy this is Sammy, a guy you met at the silver line opening, we exchanged info but you never got back to any of my messages, good to see that you're still out there doing things. Hope our paths cross again.
Sammy! I think we had a mix-up with phone numbers, but great to hear from you! Hope to stay in touch :)
We need Geoff Marshall to see this!! Amazing!
Totally agree, glad you enjoyed it!
The Red line has always been my favorite ever since I grew up in the DC area back from 1995 until now
4:37 I wanna go there with my friends and dance in a circle singing " Friendship, Friendship, Friendship Friendship Friendship" 😂
surprised you didn't call out Farragut Crossing! Pretty neat! Great video btw!!
"Customers can exit either Farragut North or West, walk a short distance above ground around Farragut Square and reenter the system at the other Farragut station without paying extra. Previously, Metro's fare system would have interpreted the transfer as two separate trips."
another cool feature: ""Simply tap your SmarTrip card each time you enter or exit the Metrorail system and you have 30 minutes to complete the outdoor transfer, allowing plenty of time to grab a sandwich along the way.
As a fan of the DC metro, I loved this video! Hoping to see more deep dives into the other lines haha!
Hey, I'm a DC Metro fangir too!
That vent shaft near Tenlytown station was a park I always went to as a child, brings me chills just seeing it empty here. Used to go there with all my friends.
Cool to know people actually use the park--whenever we visited it was empty
I ride the Red Line twice a week as part of a long, multimodal commute from Baltimore. You have given me cause to step outside the hustle & bustle of my utilitarian rides and shown me a reason to slow down and appreciate the beauty which has been within reach the whole time. Now, I want to extend my ride to other stations and spend time exploring more of D.C. Truly a gift from a stranger!
This video was very well made and your elevator transition at Friendship Heights nearly tricked my brain into believing the opposing doors opened like a foyer entrance into a lobby. Bravo! This essay video is a top-five for my 2024 browsing, unlikely to be unseated in the 2nd half of the year. Thank you, great work!
Thank you for your kind comment! Your words mean a lot :) Enjoy your travels on Metro!
I remember when Glenmont was being built in the late 90s. I was in elementary school. It was a thrill to utilize the brand new station, later, as a middle schooler
Like a perfect mix of Geoff Marshall and Rick Steves. Great work!
Brings back memories from my childhood. I remember riding the Red Line to the Zoo, or for a nice day with the family in DC. Hope to some day come back for a visit. Nice video. Cheers from Brasil.
There is also a connection between the Red Line and the Blue/Orange/Silver Line just South of Farragut North.
You missed Brookland station [between RI & Fort Totten] There is a story to tell
Yep!!!
Making our city look really good. Thank you
Moved to DC a year ago and I LOVE the metro! I need to ride them more and explore the tracks I haven’t been on.
Avoid the Green Line if possible. Smells like youknowwhat and there’s always drama and the highest crime rate of any metro line.
@@meetmeinva That was the bane of my existence growing up in DC. I was around when they started extending to Greenbelt and Branch Ave. It was part of the reason I hated taking the F4 down the street to PG Plaza.
i remember sitting on the Wheaton escalator with my sister and with our grandma standing behind us every time we down to the platform. we would occasionally make the trip all the way down to Pentagon City mall for Panda Express. Good times 🥰
Wonderful video. Made me love this town and our delightful metro system a little more
Thank you so much! The metro is a really fun system to explore :)
I grew to loathe Gallery Place and Union Station back in 2007. I lived in New Carrollton but worked in Friendship Heights for my first job. I used to try and save commute time by parking at College Park station and catching the train there. It was TORTURE switching off at Gallery Place due to the weird layout as people refused to move down the platform. Later, I realized it was actually quicker to ride MARC from New Carrollton to Union Station and switch. However, it was SO crowded during rush hour.
There was what I called the Gallery Place Shuffle. On the Red Line going toward Shady Grove, the train would start into the station, stop, then pull forward to the normal position to receive and discharge passengers. EVERY SINGLE TIME, so it was not a case of being too close to another train.
It was an excellent video. Thank you for your time in sharing such interesting facts about the Red Line. Looking forward to learning about the secrets of the other lines!
Thank you! Keep an eye out for our future videos! :)
Tallis’s 3rd mode melody via Vaughn Williams, a favorite!
What a beautifully made video!!🎉🎉
It’s weird to see the stations where I grew up in a video. They’re just stations, but I commuted through them in the stable and darkest times of my life. I got goosebumps seeing those shots of what I live every day.
Great video and looking forward to more colors!! Thanks for all the fun and interesting facts/history. I'm gonna toss in one more about the Red Line: It's the only line that does not go to L'Enfant Plaza. Keep it up and hitting the like, subscribe, and notification bell!!
Great video, just enough info but not overboard, I love the penguin mural too. Next time I go to DC I am going to visit it because of your video! Thank you and do the rest! Well done!
Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy your visit to the mural :)
Great video! I love the penguins ❤ I get to see them everyday.
Dude this was a great video, so surprised it's your first one! I really appreciated the attention to detail - would love to see a vid on the Silver Line!
Great video! I grew up here, and I can't believe I didn't know about the Dupont streetcar station and underground. Very cool!
I'm a pretty adventurous guy, and I knew about most of the secrets at the stations that I've used, from Shady Grove to Forest Glen. But after watching this video, I will be certain to keep a look out for all of the artwork that I've never paid attention to. Thank you for making this video, this is one of the best videos I have seen on the metro. Keep the series up! :)
Thank you so much for your kind words! :)
Wow! Your attention to detail and presentation was great! Looking forward to additional lines. Keep up the great work.
What a great informative video that shares so much of the rich history of the area. I cant wait for the video on the green line!
Just discovered your channel. I grew up riding the Metro when I lived in the area with my parents. Thank you for these wonderful uploads! Just a nostalgic blast from the past for me! So much has changed yet remains a little bit of the same!
So glad you enjoyed it! :)
Really enjoyed your Red Line video! Katie/Daniel shared it with me last month (I was at G/S from 2011-2016) and I just got a chance to watch it. Excellently presented and well produced - great work! I loved the Metro when I lived in town; glad to see G/S has has another superfan on staff.
Awesome video!! Such interesting history and information. Can't wait for next video
Great video, really looking forward to the other lines!
I rode the Red Line for 30 years and have just passed by many of the things you pointed out. My exercise for the day was running up the Wheaton escalator.
One little secret you missed is the track that connects the Red line to the Orange/Blue line. It is located on the Shady Grove side just before the Farragut North station.
Grew up taking the Red line, and I didn't even notice half of this stuff!! Great video, truly.
Woooww, this was so neat. So many things hidden in mostly plain sight. Great video!!!
Thanks for this video! I've previously lived in DC twice, totaling more than 9 years, and I still learned several things about the Metro that I didn't know. Now I want to go check out that weird little entrance to Forest Glen! 🙂
This video is a gem! Great work, thank you
Thank you Andy for these historical tidbits about the Metro. My bucket list to ride every line. I don't want to get off every stop just the ones that interest me. Keep up the good work!!
Thank you so much!
@@andyontrack No, thank you!! I am looking forward to more videos. Great job!!
Thank you so much for the video!!!😊
Absolutely incredible job with this video. I’m a long time WMATA enthusiast and I learned many new things here. Well done! Please make more. A video about the Metrobus system and its streetcar origins would be really interesting too.
Thank you! That was cool. I grew up just off the Shady Grove station. I never traveled past the Union Station stop; so it was really fun to hear about the ones that followed. Thank you. (3 minutes at Wheaton?!? -- Whoa! I'm kind'a sad that I've been on the Red line so many times but never experienced that particular stop.)
plz make MORE this was AWESOME! and now i love the metro system EVEN MORE and i LOVE riding the trains
Very well done, indeed! The balance of facts, features, architecture, and construction techniques appeal to both rail fans and the public alike
Do more of these! Nice tour of the red line.
When I was in 6th grade, my house on the corner of Rockville Pike and Flanders Avenue was condemned for the Red line.
As someone that takes the DC metro often, I really enjoyed this. I need to check out the rest of the series now.
Thanks so much for watching!
Very good video, you’ve earned my subscription! I wish this video was around the last time I was in DC, I would’ve loved to see all the artwork. Looking forward to more videos from you.
We'll keep them coming! Thanks for the sub! :)
Great video man! The metro was one of my favorite trains at all times
I absolutely love this! Please please please do more about the other color lines!
Thank you so much! And it's already in the works :)
Can’t wait to see silver! Curious to know what notable things you’ll uncover about Loudon Gateway 😂
@@ItsLikeAShammy It's actually named "Loudoun Gateway". Just little bit more south of the station itself was a historical black community Willard Crossroads where some of the current runways of Dulles airport are. Many historic battles also happened in the area, such as Manassas Battlefield. Towns like Leesburg/Winchester are older than DC by about 50 years too. Then for some present day facts, you have Ashburn station located in the middle of the place where more than 70% of world's internet goes through.
@@zahir2942 thanks for catching that typo - I’ve edited it! Those are interesting fact to know but there doesn’t seem to be anything notable about the station itself. In fact, it seems very poorly located as there’s nothing but a parking lot. Hopefully future dense or mixed use development can occur in the coming years to make the station an appealing destination for people
Min 9:28 broooo that operator thats my boi.... One of my fav operators. I know him and we are friends. Hes Andre, thats cool to hear him. Hes currently operating in OR Line. Interesting and informative video dude! Nice Job.
That is so cool, what a small world! Thanks for watching :)
What a great project, Andy. I enjoyed it.
Great video! I live near the metro and never knew most of this red line history until now! I have a car so I don't take the metro as much anymore but it's still nice to know the history behind our city and good to know that it's always there if we need it!
Very well made and informative video, Andy! Thanks for putting this together and taking us along for the ride. Happy to subscribe to this channel, and excited to see the next lines you ride for us!
So glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the subscription! It was great to meet you yesterday!
I love watching these facts, you just earned a new subscriber!
I love the vibe of your videos. It reminds me of the old PBS specials they used to air on TV as a kid. Thank you for making a great video! Please do more if you can!
Thank you!
Great video! The sourcing and editing are excellent, and I loved the parts about the infrastructure. I also liked the classical music selections and the explanations of the art that some people may never notice.
Additionally, while Judiciary Square and Brookland are missing, I know the latter is an unremarkable station. I haven’t explored the former, though.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the video! We couldn't fit in every station, I'm afraid--but stay tuned for a "Bonus Secrets of the Metro" down the road ;)
I don’t remember much about the station itself, but Judiciary Square is a beautiful plaza. I definitely recommend you visit when you’re nearby at some point
@@pizzajona Thank you for the suggestion! I’ll keep that in mind.
I loved the interesting facts about the red line that I didn't know! Thanks so much. I'd love one of these videos for each of the lines if you get the time!
I really enjoyed this video, Andy. Please, more from the metro lines of DC. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany!
Don't worry, the next video is in the works! :)
Love this video! Need secrets of the other lines as well fam!
Nice job.
When I explored DC in 2022, I had a hotel in Dupont Circle. That station was very deep underground. Sometimes it would make my ears pop!
Great video! I’ve used the red line so much but had no idea about the secrets. Hope you’re doing well Andy!
Glad you enjoyed--hope you're doing well as well!
What a cool video, and I'm glad the othrr Metro lines are covered! I'm a DMV native and learned a lot here! I like the details you chose to highlight - from artwork/architecture to engineering and history - well-conveyed and with wonderful visuals/music. Great on-screen presence, too! I see this channel becoming an engaging DC-area travel series 👌🏾
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed it! :)
I've ridden the Red Line several times, but never knew a lot of this!
Well done! Because of where I live in work, I only ever ride silver, blue, and sometimes orange. I might have to go on a "field trip" to explore the red line.
Loveeeeeeee ❤❤❤❤ sad to not see Cleveland Park stop, but happy to learn so much about my metro line 😊
Thank you for taking the time to create this video for us!
When we made the video we did not have any secrets to share about Brookland, Cleveland Park (my home station haha), Van Ness, Tenleytown, or Judiciary Square stations. However, since then we have found some great fun facts for these stations that we will share in an upcoming "Bonus Secrets of the DC Metro" video! Stay tuned!
Very well done video! Lots of great historical facts. I also love the jazzy music.
Thank you so much! :)
looking forward to more videos! would love to see one on the green line :)
great video!! i’ve become very familiar with red line recently, but i didn’t know most of the things in this video. looking forward to a video on the green line
So fun to watch! Great job!!
Incredible video. Please do this for the rest of the metro if you can!
Cool video I rode the red line metro for years some stops I never got off of so it's good to see how it looks outside on those stops finally
10:09 there used to be a news stand behind that big screen on the right. They sold snacks, magazines, souvenirs, etc. Sort of like a Hudson News at the airport. The news stand closed, sat vacant for a while, and then they covered it up with the screen.
I briefly lived near the Friendship Heights station in 2017. It’s sad to see that mall and movie theatre have fallen by the wayside, though not surprising.
i moved to the eastern shore of maryland around this time last year and as a train nerd, I was pleasantly surprised by the DC metro! i love driving up and riding it into town :) videos like this give me even more spots to stop at and check! i need more videos about the metro from ya! immediate subscribe ❤
Thank you so much! And don't worry, we've got more coming :)
as a kid I used to run up the down escalator at wheaton. nothing quite like it. Absolutely kills your legs.
Tried to do that at Bethesda on a broken escalator. Nearly killed me.
Loved the video! It's neat to learn these new facts!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just wanted to say thank you for such a cool video, and thank you for including proper captions in English.
EXCELLENT tour vid!! I loved this part of living in the greater DC area as a kid in the 80s. Amazing to see so much as I left it. Shady Grove was where my family would go to ride the metro.
More vids please! Subscription earned!
Thanks so much for subscribing, glad you liked the video!