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Article: YELLOW LINE EXTENSION GIVEN GREEN LIGHT BY METRO BOARD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 20, 2006
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The office of the Washington, D.C., Council Member Jim Graham issued the following news release:
The WMATA board has given the green light to extending the Yellow Line to Fort Totten during off-peak periods.
The extension, proposed by voting member Jim Graham (D-Ward One), would double the number of weekend and evening trains available at the Shaw/Howard University, U Street, Columbia Heights and Georgia Avenue/Petworth stations on the Green Line. The new service will begin in January 2007.
"This service addition is very important and comes at a relatively low cost," said Councilmember Graham. "We get a lot of bang for our Metro bucks."
Extending the Yellow Line will mean a new connection ...