Welcome to the Nation's Capital
Buying a regular farecard
We want your visit to see Pope Benedict XVI in
Washington DC to be as pleasant and memorable as
possible. Please take a moment to review this
commemorative Pocket Guide so that your travel around
the city is easy and convenient. And for more
information, go to wmata.com/papalvisit.
Fares are based on when and how far you ride.
Getting to Nationals Park from Branch Ave,
Greenbelt or Stadium-Armory station
Nationals Park — the site of the Pope's visit — is half a
block from Navy Yard station on the Green Line. From
Branch Ave or Greenbelt station (the end stations on the
Green Line), board the train and ride to Navy Yard station.
From Stadium-Armory station (near RFK Stadium), board
either inbound train (Blue Line train signs will read
Franconia-Springfield, Orange Line train signs will read
Vienna). Transfer to a Green Line train at L'Enfant Plaza
station by following the signs directing you to the up
escalators to the Green Line toward Branch Ave station.
The Green Line train will take you to Navy Yard station.
Buying a Papal One Day Metrorail Pass
Save time and avoid lines at farecard machines by
purchasing our commemorative Papal One Day Metrorail
Pass. It costs $9 and will provide unlimited rides all day on
April 17, 2008. To buy yours:
❚ Log onto wmata.com/onlinestore. You may order up to
22 passes using a credit card.
❚ If you need more than 22 passes, please call 202-9625700 to place a bulk order.
Deadline for online and bulk orders is April 4, 2008.
❚ To purchase the pass up to April 17, 2008, visit our sales
office at Metro Center station, the Pentagon Transit
Center or Metro Headquarters at 600 5th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001.
Farecard machines accept cash only. Bring small
bills because there are no change machines in the stations
and Farecard machines only provide up to $5 in change
(in coins). Passes/Farecards machines accept credit and
debit cards.
Pocket Guide
for Pope Benedict XVI's Visit to Washington DC
Hours of service
Metro will open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight. Actual
first and last train times vary by station. See the station
manager's kiosk for more information.
Parking at Metro stations
On a weekday morning, Metro station parking lots fill up
quickly and early. If you plan to drive and park, be
prepared for the possibility of a station lot being full
when you get there.
On weekdays (through 3 a.m. Friday nights) there is
a daily parking fee. You need a SmarTrip® card (a
rechargeable farecard) to pay for parking and exit
Metro lots and garages. Cash is not accepted. Credit cards
are accepted at New Carrollton, Largo Town Center,
Anacostia, Franconia-Springfield, Vienna/Fairfax-GMU and
Shady Grove stations.
SmarTrip® cards are sold in Metrorail stations with major
parking facilities. Cards cost $10 ($5 for the card with $5 in
value already on it). Fare and parking value can be added
to SmarTrip® cards at Passes/Farecards machines. The
station manager can help you buy and/or add value to
your card.
Lost and Found
If you lose something, please call Lost & Found at 202-9621195 or visit our Web site.
Including:
Directions to Nationals Park via Metrorail
Important riding and parking tips
Metrorail system map
Area points of interest
POINTS OF INTEREST
African Art Museum ........................ ●● Smithsonian
Air and Space Museum ........... ●●●● L’Enfant Plaza
CLOSED
THROUGH SUMMER '08
American History Museum ............. ●●
Smithsonian
American Art Museum .................. ●●● Gallery Pl-Chinatown
Arlington Cemetery/Lee Mansion ...... ● Arlington Cemetery
Arlington County Visitors’ Center ..... ●● Pentagon City
Bethune Museum Archives ............. ●● McPherson Sq
Botanic Gardens .............................. ●● Federal Center SW
Bureau of Engraving & Printing .... ●● Smithsonian
Capitol Building .............................. ●● Capitol South
Chinatown .................................... ●●● Gallery Pl-Chinatown
Constitution Hall ............................. ●● Farragut West
Convention Center .......................... ●● Mt Vernon Sq
Corcoran Gallery ............................. ●● Farragut West
D.C. Armory ..................................... ●● Stadium-Armory
Federal Bureau of Investigation .... ●●● Metro Center
Folger Shakespeare Library ............ ●● Capitol South
Freer Gallery .................................... ●● Smithsonian
Hirshhorn Museum ................. ●●●● L’Enfant Plaza
Holocaust Museum ......................... ●● Smithsonian
House Where Lincoln Died ......... ●●● Metro Center
Iwo Jima Memorial .......................... ●● Rosslyn
Library of Congress ........................ ●● Capitol South
Lincoln Memorial ............................ ●● Foggy Bottom-GWU
Lisner Auditorium ........................... ●● Foggy Bottom-GWU
Martin Luther King Jr. Library ........ ●●● Gallery Pl-Chinatown
Masonic Temple .............................. ●● King Street
Nat'l Academy of Sciences ............. ●● Foggy Bottom-GWU
National Aquarium .......................... ●● Federal Triangle
National Archives ............................ ●● Archives-Navy Mem'l
National Building Museum ................. ● Judiciary Sq
National Gallery of Art .................... ●● Archives-Navy Mem'l
National Geographic Society .............. ● Farragut North
National Institutes of Health ............... ● Medical Center
National Museum of
the American Indian ............. ●●●● L’Enfant Plaza
National Museum of
Women in the Arts ................... ●●● Metro Center
National Portrait Gallery ............. ●●● Gallery Pl-Chinatown
National Postal Museum ..................... ● Union Station
National Presbyterian Center ............. ● Tenleytown-AU
National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception .................... ● Brookland-CUA
National WWII Memorial ................. ●● Smithsonian
National Zoo ........................................ ● Woodley Park-Zoo
Nationals Park ..................................... ● Navy Yard
Natural History Museum ................. ●● Smithsonian
Phillips Collection .............................. ● Dupont Circle
Renwick Gallery ............................... ●● Farragut West
RFK Stadium .................................... ●● Stadium-Armory
Sackler Gallery ................................ ●● Smithsonian
Smithsonian Castle ......................... ●● Smithsonian
Spy Museum ................................ ●●● Gallery Pl-Chinatown
State Department ............................. ●● Foggy Bottom-GWU
Supreme Court ................................ ●● Capitol South
Verizon Center ............................. ●●● Gallery Pl-Chinatown
Vietnam Veterans Memorials ......... ●●
Washington Monument ................... ●●
Washington National Cathedral 1 .............. ●
White House and Visitor Center ..... ●●
Woodrow Wilson House ..................... ●
Foggy Bottom-GWU
Smithsonian
Tenleytown-AU
Federal Triangle
Dupont Circle
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
American Univ. 2 ................................... ●
Catholic Univ. of America ................... ●
Columbia Union Coll. ......................... ●
George Mason Univ. ........................... ●
George Washington Univ. ............... ●●
Howard Univ. ....................................... ●
Johns Hopkins Univ. ........................... ●
Marymount Univ. ................................. ●
Southeastern Univ. .............................. ●
Univ. of the District of Columbia .......... ●
Univ. of Maryland2 .............................. ●
Va. Tech./UVA No. Virginia Center .... ●
Tenleytown-AU
Brookland-CUA
Takoma
Vienna/Fairfax-GMU
and Virginia Sq-GMU
Foggy Bottom-GWU
Shaw-Howard Univ
Dupont Circle
Ballston–MU
Waterfront-SEU
Van Ness-UDC
College Park-U of Md
West Falls Church-VT/UVA
SHOPPING
Ballston Common ................................ ●
Congressional Plaza ........................... ●
Connecticut Avenue ............................ ●
City Place ............................................. ●
Crystal City Underground ............... ●●
Downtown .................................... ●●●
Fashion Centre ................................ ●●
Georgetown 3 ..................................... ●●
L’Enfant Plaza .......................... ●●●●
Mazza Gallerie/Chevy Chase
Pavilion/Chevy Chase ....................... ●
Old Post Office Pavilion ..................... ●●
Shops at National Place .............. ●●●
Shops at Union Station ....................... ●
Waterside Mall ..................................... ●
Wheaton Plaza ..................................... ●
White Flint ............................................ ●
Ballston–MU
Twinbrook
Farragut North
Silver Spring
Crystal City
Metro Center
Pentagon City
Foggy Bottom-GWU
L’Enfant Plaza
Friendship Heights
Federal Triangle
Metro Center
Union Station
Waterfront-SEU
Wheaton
White Flint
THEATERS
American Theatre Project ................... ●
Arena Stage .......................................... ●
Discovery Theatre ............................ ●●
Folger Theatre .................................. ●●
Ford’s Theatre .............................. ●●●
Kennedy Center4 .............................. ●●
Lincoln Theatre .................................... ●
National Theater .......................... ●●●
Shakespeare Theater ....................... ●●
Source Theatre ..................................... ●
Studio Theatre ..................................... ●
Warner Theatre ............................ ●●●
Wolf Trap 5 ............................................ ●
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co ......... ●●
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Anacostia
Waterfront-SEU
Smithsonian
Capitol South
Metro Center
Foggy Bottom-GWU
U Street-Cardozo
Metro Center
Archives-Navy Mem'l
U Street-Cardozo
Dupont Circle
Metro Center
West Falls Church-VT/UVA
Archives-Navy Mem'l
From this station, transfer to any southbound 30-series Metrobus.
University-operated shuttle between station and campus.
Georgetown Metro Connection shuttle runs through Georgetown from
Foggy Bottom-GMU station (also Rosslyn and Dupont Circle stations).
4
Kennedy Center shuttle between station and Center.
5
Wolf Trap shuttle between station and park during season.
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3
Nationals Park is a
half block from
Navy Yard station.