Secrets of the DC Metro Red Line

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The longest escalator in the western hemisphere? A tree that changed the course of transit? Penguins riding trains?
Join Andy On Track for a tour of the DC Metro Red Line, uncovering the secrets, stories, and facts behind many of DC’s most famous stations!
Did we miss any Red Line secrets? Let us know in the comments below!
Beyond our on-the-ground reporting, various sources contributed to the content in this video. These include:
Greater Greater Washington (GGWash)
Maryland Historic Trust (for more information on the Columbian Harmony Cemetery and its move to Landover): tinyurl.com/2ps2tt8a
WAMU 88.5 (DCist)
The Washington Post
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
"The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro" by Zachary M. Schrag
Inspired by Geoff Marshall's "Secrets of the Underground": • Secrets of the Undergr...
Video Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Shady Grove
00:55 - Rockville
01:34 - Twinbrook & North Bethesda
02:07 - Grosvenor-Strathmore
03:05 - The Linden Oak
03:33 - Medical Center
04:03 - Bethesda
04:28 - Friendship Heights
05:37 - Yuma Street
06:28 - Woodley Park
06:56 - The Taft Bridge
07:34 - Dupont Circle
08:39 - Farragut North
09:26 - Metro Center
10:33 - Gallery Place-Chinatown
11:13 - Union Station
12:00 - NoMa-Gallaudet U
13:06 - Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood
13:33 - Fort Totten
14:07 - Takoma
14:20 - Silver Spring
14:44 - Forest Glen
15:23 - Wheaton
16:13 - Glenmont
16:27 - Outro
16:47 - Credits

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@TomHoffman-uw7pf Жыл бұрын

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.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

That is so cool!!! Thanks for watching :)

@ocularpatdown Жыл бұрын

Love it. How’s it feel to be a small part of history? 🚇

@acemcbeanpiff 4 күн бұрын

I don't know why, but despite how small this is it made me smile. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart

@cometasporelcielo Күн бұрын

i live in bethesda and that is SO COOL

@maxjanasz2675 Жыл бұрын

love that someone is finally taking the famed "secrets of the underground" format and making a video about a North America system.

@Mason-fc8gk Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@geraldvillaMMIX 5 ай бұрын

Its also made by Geoff Marshall and brought to North America by Andy on Track

@natealvarado301 Жыл бұрын

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!

@deanevangelista6359 4 күн бұрын

Yes, it was a kind gesture, especially considering the urban renewal that essentially razed the entire town.

@jalcanites2939 Күн бұрын

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.

@MycontentisgoldJerryGold Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

These are some great bonus facts--thanks for sharing!

@drakeil Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Reallynow101 Жыл бұрын

@@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

@JORDAN_CARTER_806 Жыл бұрын

thats why u take the J2

@_isles_ 3 ай бұрын

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.

@quinnkasal5731 Жыл бұрын

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 KZfaq videos but had to share how great this was and that I greatly look forward to watching the videos for other lines!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@DCxHRV 4 ай бұрын

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!

@PHSDM104 Ай бұрын

I remember when they were planning that tunnel.

@brycebundens6866 Жыл бұрын

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 KZfaqrs (like Geoff) so people can appreciate what a great system it has. I am subscribed.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much--your comment means a lot! And don't worry, we're hard at work on the next video. :)

@archstanton6102 Жыл бұрын

@andyontrack when is the next video coming out? I just finished riding all the lines recently.

@coyotelong4349 5 ай бұрын

Exactly! I half-expected Andy to do the whole video in a hammy British accent as a tribute

@ericfan1223 4 күн бұрын

Making our city look really good. Thank you

@theoabramovich3128 Жыл бұрын

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.

@circleinforthecube5170 6 күн бұрын

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

@JJRol. Жыл бұрын

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!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! :)

@Gharrison3 19 күн бұрын

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.

@ghosthost100 8 ай бұрын

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.

@qh40s26 3 күн бұрын

The "Grovsner" Pronunciation took me out lmao (great video!)

@andyontrack 3 күн бұрын

I only realized my mistake after recording it, hence the little "pronunciation note" lol Glad you enjoyed the video! :)

@StevePetrica Жыл бұрын

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.

@StevePetrica Жыл бұрын

BTW, Jeff Chyatte's "Sonata" bears a striking resemblance to the Sibelius memorial in Helsinki, Finland!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Just looked this up--so true! Perhaps it was the inspiration?

@atniem684 Ай бұрын

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.

@meetmeinva Ай бұрын

Avoid the Green Line if possible. Smells like youknowwhat and there’s always drama and the highest crime rate of any metro line.

@PHSDM104 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@richardt.rogers2730 Ай бұрын

Wonderful video. Made me love this town and our delightful metro system a little more

@andyontrack Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! The metro is a really fun system to explore :)

@PHSDM104 Ай бұрын

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.

@TomHoffman-uw7pf 3 күн бұрын

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.

@eurouc Жыл бұрын

2:10….. wait…. what did he say? Grosvenor …. The “s” is silent…. Grove-nor

@jd3422 Жыл бұрын

Right. I have never heard the "s" pronounced in Grosvenor.

@porcupinepunch6893 10 күн бұрын

Read the caption

@jasonsandoval2550 9 күн бұрын

listen to him say Gallaudet

@TomHoffman-uw7pf 3 күн бұрын

@@jasonsandoval2550 One time, I ignored a panhandler and looked straight ahead while at the Judiciary Square station. He asked me, "Where you go, man, Gallaudet?"

@captainkeyboard1007 Жыл бұрын

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.

@Kevindevin7 9 ай бұрын

That Friendship Heights elevator transition 🔥🔥

@RonShoemaker 4 күн бұрын

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.

@itspranavk Жыл бұрын

As a fan of the DC metro, I loved this video! Hoping to see more deep dives into the other lines haha!

@S-CB-SL-Animations Жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm a DC Metro fangir too!

@raytbrown2 23 сағат бұрын

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.)

@ericfromreallife3058 Жыл бұрын

We need Geoff Marshall to see this!! Amazing!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, glad you enjoyed it!

@josephglass6054 9 ай бұрын

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!

@darrellfrancis2115 9 ай бұрын

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.

@SandBoxJohn 4 ай бұрын

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.

@PHSDM104 Ай бұрын

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.

@wetamup2009 2 күн бұрын

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

@steventravels4035 Жыл бұрын

The Red line has always been my favorite ever since I grew up in the DC area back from 1995 until now

@cmspole 8 сағат бұрын

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!

@paulocostadj 11 ай бұрын

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.

@raymondmuench3266 Жыл бұрын

Tallis’s 3rd mode melody via Vaughn Williams, a favorite!

@Neerana 3 күн бұрын

As someone that takes the DC metro often, I really enjoyed this. I need to check out the rest of the series now.

@andyontrack Күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!

@regould221 14 күн бұрын

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.

@geoffparnell8514 5 күн бұрын

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!

@andyontrack 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment! Your words mean a lot :) Enjoy your travels on Metro!

@user-dl1sb7zr5v 14 сағат бұрын

What a beautifully made video!!🎉🎉

@keironmiles8248 16 күн бұрын

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

@bobshoe8426 11 ай бұрын

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

@diva70smusic 3 күн бұрын

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!!

@andyontrack Күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

@diva70smusic Күн бұрын

@@andyontrack No, thank you!! I am looking forward to more videos. Great job!!

@pdkauffmann Жыл бұрын

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.

@jeremys64 Ай бұрын

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.

@tkynerd Жыл бұрын

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! 🙂

@Thomotron 4 сағат бұрын

This was magnificently crafted, thank you so much for making this! I'm travelling to DC soon and I'm going to make it my mission to look for the civil engineering plaque!

@calebsnyderdicesare3026 Жыл бұрын

Like a perfect mix of Geoff Marshall and Rick Steves. Great work!

@jazminmora9218 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Your attention to detail and presentation was great! Looking forward to additional lines. Keep up the great work.

@thomaswhite8822 5 ай бұрын

When I was in 6th grade, my house on the corner of Rockville Pike and Flanders Avenue was condemned for the Red line.

@peterwarner358 5 ай бұрын

There is also a connection between the Red Line and the Blue/Orange/Silver Line just South of Farragut North.

@iannewman6238 Жыл бұрын

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!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the subscription! It was great to meet you yesterday!

@chintzy839 Жыл бұрын

This video is a gem! Great work, thank you

@JoshuaHockom Жыл бұрын

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!!

@ArinGokdemir Жыл бұрын

Grew up taking the Red line, and I didn't even notice half of this stuff!! Great video, truly.

@kayleebeare Жыл бұрын

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!

@ViraajPunia Жыл бұрын

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!

@NyanCat123100 Жыл бұрын

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!

@portalomus 4 күн бұрын

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!

@andyontrack 4 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@DM2WC 11 ай бұрын

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.

@TH-tc3je 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the video!!!😊

@arthurliao2784 Жыл бұрын

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!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Keep an eye out for our future videos! :)

@stanimalz Жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! Such interesting history and information. Can't wait for next video

@rlbond Жыл бұрын

Great video, really looking forward to the other lines!

@davidthelibrarian Жыл бұрын

Do more of these! Nice tour of the red line.

@SannieGonkie 11 ай бұрын

I love watching these facts, you just earned a new subscriber!

@BobNewbie Жыл бұрын

Woooww, this was so neat. So many things hidden in mostly plain sight. Great video!!!

@baahcusegamer4530 Жыл бұрын

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!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for subscribing, glad you liked the video!

@superbluepop1 10 ай бұрын

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!

@aidanlang1107 Жыл бұрын

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

@RailWeekly Жыл бұрын

Great video! I grew up here, and I can't believe I didn't know about the Dupont streetcar station and underground. Very cool!

@bjlaurie Жыл бұрын

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!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy your visit to the mural :)

@RobloxianX Жыл бұрын

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.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Cool to know people actually use the park--whenever we visited it was empty

@Dan-qv9xy Жыл бұрын

Great video! I love the penguins ❤ I get to see them everyday.

@sammymarrco2 Жыл бұрын

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.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Sammy! I think we had a mix-up with phone numbers, but great to hear from you! Hope to stay in touch :)

@thomasburk3205 Жыл бұрын

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.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

We'll keep them coming! Thanks for the sub! :)

@pumpkinchaiwithcoconutmilk Жыл бұрын

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 🥰

@mikef8846 Жыл бұрын

What a great project, Andy. I enjoyed it.

@rocketman1969 15 күн бұрын

Very well done, thanks for posting

@andyontrack 11 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@airbus7373 Жыл бұрын

Incredible video. Please do this for the rest of the metro if you can!

@S-CB-SL-Animations Жыл бұрын

Hello there! 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵⚪

@drunxkills6624 Жыл бұрын

plz make MORE this was AWESOME! and now i love the metro system EVEN MORE and i LOVE riding the trains

@susanfinkelpearl1665 8 ай бұрын

So fun to watch! Great job!!

@will_cashgrow2294 Жыл бұрын

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

@er1ckrailfan Жыл бұрын

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.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

That is so cool, what a small world! Thanks for watching :)

@acemcbeanpiff 4 күн бұрын

This is so overwhelmingly specific but is also so specifically useful to me that I can't even begin to fathom how this exists. Thanks I guess?

@andyontrack 3 күн бұрын

You are welcome!

@Michael-js6gp Жыл бұрын

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.

@1986mumbles Ай бұрын

Very well done video! Lots of great historical facts. I also love the jazzy music.

@andyontrack Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! :)

@Mbbc-oy3nt Жыл бұрын

bravo man! learned a lot in this video. cant wait to learn more about the other lines. keep it up bro

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@maggiebethturcotte4796 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I’ve used the red line so much but had no idea about the secrets. Hope you’re doing well Andy!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed--hope you're doing well as well!

@US_States_Weather_Radios_5293 10 ай бұрын

Great video man! The metro was one of my favorite trains at all times

@ajotcole Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video, Andy. Please, more from the metro lines of DC. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Don't worry, the next video is in the works! :)

@badgerfern6469 5 ай бұрын

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.

@brian_brennan42 Жыл бұрын

Love this video! Need secrets of the other lines as well fam!

@JL3001 Жыл бұрын

Extremely informative and pleasant video for a system I ride every day. I hope you do these for the other lines. Also, a few stations are missing, such as Judiciary Square. No secrets for these? Solid video.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Alas, we couldn't fit every station in the video--but stay tuned for a "Bonus Secrets of the Metro" video down the road!

@ej3281 3 күн бұрын

as a kid I used to run up the down escalator at wheaton. nothing quite like it. Absolutely kills your legs.

@andyontrack 3 күн бұрын

Tried to do that at Bethesda on a broken escalator. Nearly killed me.

Жыл бұрын

What an amazing video! I’ve been investigating this metro system recently and this video just hype me more about it! Great job.

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

@feblehober123 2 ай бұрын

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! :)

@andyontrack Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! :)

@jj6148 10 ай бұрын

As someone who grew up in Lanham, MD (within walking distance of the New Carrolton Metro/Amtrak which my mom and I also used to visit my aunt in Wilmington, DE) I can't wait for the Orange line vid.

@Merlisty 2 ай бұрын

This video is so cool! I live in Bethesda so the red line is the one I take. Grovesnor Strathmore includes totems made by students from my school, and I used to take dance classes in Strathmore. It’s kind of a second home in a sense to me. Thank you for bringing all the cool unique quirks of the red line to light!

@andyontrack 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind comment! :) So glad you enjoyed the video.

@seanoneil8500 4 ай бұрын

Great video Andy, I've been a red line rider for years and noticed many of these (by no means all!) but never knew the full story

@thunderball6908 Ай бұрын

These are so well done.

@nlpavalko1 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this! Please please please do more about the other color lines!

@andyontrack Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! And it's already in the works :)

@ItsLikeAShammy Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see silver! Curious to know what notable things you’ll uncover about Loudon Gateway 😂

@zahir2942 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@ItsLikeAShammy Жыл бұрын

@@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

@henrythecollector1209 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video, I’ve always thought the metro system there was an architectural marvel. The red line is what we would always take to go into D.C, so this video was especially interesting to me!