Wikipedia:WikiProject Washington Metro

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A Rohr train arrives at the West Falls Church-VT/UVA station.
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A Rohr train arrives at the West Falls Church-VT/UVA station.

WikiProject Washington Metro is a project to better organize information in articles related to the Washington Metro. This page contains the suggestions and opinions of interested contributors; it is hoped that this project will help to focus and coordinate the efforts of all.

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[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to coordinate, organize and develop all Wikipedia activities concerning the Washington Metro. Specifically, it deals with everything under the banner of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, from the beginning of service to the present day. This includes the Metrorail system, all Metro stations, Metrobus, fare media, historic service, etc.

[edit] Parentage

No parent Wikiprojects have so far been defined.

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

No descendant WikiProjects have so far been defined.

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

Other WikiProjects covering individual cities and covering subway systems can be a good source of mutual inspiration:

See WikiProject New York City Subway for another subway-related Wikiproject, which was in part the inspiration for this Wikiproject.

[edit] Participants

[edit] List of pages covered by the project

[edit] Metrorail System

[edit] Historic Washington D.C. Area Transit

[edit] Washington area bus systems

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Structure

[edit] Naming Conventions

[edit] Ordering Conventions

  • Metro stations: Stations are listed from west to east (left to right on the system map) or from south to north (bottom to top on the system map).

[edit] Hierarchy Definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Goals

  1. Standardization and improvement of articles related to the Washington Metro.
  2. A full history of the Washington Metro and predecessor organizations.

Stubs relating to the Washington Metro can be found in Category:Washington Metro stubs.

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Stations

{{WMATA infobox}}

To use the infobox, paste this snippet of text into the top of the article:

{{WMATA infobox
|name = NAME
|picture = IMAGE
|opened = DATE
|platform = PLATFORM
|RTU = RTU
|line info = {{WMATA line|previous=[[PRECEDING (Washington Metro)|PRECEDING]]
|line=LINE|next=[[NEXT (Washington Metro)|NEXT]]}}
|}}
Washington Metro station
Pentagon City
Pentagon City
Opened July 1, 1977
Platform style Side platforms
RTU number C08
Next station Metro Lines Next station
Crystal City Blue Pentagon
Yellow

Replace each all-caps field with the correct values, as follows:

  • STATION - The station's name, using the station's full name as appears on the official Metrorail system map.
  • IMAGE - File name from Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons for photo of station. Do not include "Image:" before the file name.
  • OPENED - Station's original opening date. This information can be found here or here. Please use proper Wikipedia date formatting.
  • PLATFORM - Center platform/Side platforms
  • RTU - Route letter and sequential number from the system's geographic center. Full list of RTU numbers can be found here.
  • LINE - The official color of the line, capitalized.
  • PRECEDING - Next station south or west, using the station's full name as appears on the official Metrorail system map. Name is entered twice - once for article title, and once for link text.
  • NEXT - Next station north or east.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Pages needing attention

[edit] Railroads

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