Just want to know if anywon ever took their whole day to try and ride the entier Metro rail system?
If anywon did can thay share their trip reportes with us?
I think this will answer your question.
Amount of Metro System Ridden:
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopi ... lit=amount
I'm definitely interested in whether this is possible. I'm from the Boston area and have ridden all over the MBTA. I have taken recent interest in the WMATA and at some point hope to visit DC so I can ride as much of it as possible.
It is entirely possible to ride the whole system in one day.
Here are some suggestions for riding the first time. If you are looking for combination above and underground in one trip, I have ridden from Grosvenor to Fort Totten. Fort Totten to Union station is interesting because you ride the original above and underground segments of the system and are at the highest elevation in the system at Rhode Island Ave (approximately 45 feet above ground at the station). You also ride through the New York Ave station, which to date is the first and only infill station in the system, opening in 2004.
A fun segment is between Medical Center and Grosvenor because you go from 100ft underground at Medical Center through the Pooks Hill portal to being nearly 40 feet above the Capital Beltway. Then, throw in some nice banked turns and you end up at Grosvenor which is a nicely designed open cut station.
Other nice above ground sections are from King St to Huntington (no other station matches the design of Huntington), Greenbelt to Fort Totten (Fort Totten is a 2 level transfer station that is above ground on the upper level and in an open cut and underground on the lower level), and the Potomac River Bridge. Last, the Green Line from Congress Heights to Branch Ave has some interesting sections as well.
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