L’Enfant Plaza station

L'Enfant Plaza station is an intermodal transit station complex located at in the Southwest Federal Center neighborhood of It consists of an underground Washington Metro rapid transit station and an elevated Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Washington, D.C. metro station
  • Also known as: “L’Enfant Plaza” and “L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and National Gallery of Art.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

Museum
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The is an art museum in , United States, located on the , between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. is situated 2,500 feet north of L’Enfant Plaza station.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum administered by the , located on the in , United States. is situated 2,500 feet northwest of L’Enfant Plaza station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterfront and East End.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

L’Enfant Plaza station

Latitude
38.88491° or 38° 53′ 6″ north
Longitude
-77.02258° or 77° 1′ 21″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Operator
WMATA
Network
Washington Metro
Open location code
87C4VXMG+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 738189393
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
4139334
Wiki­data ID
Q170799
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“L’Enfant Plaza station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “朗方广场站”
  • Chinese: “朗方廣場站”
  • Chinese: “朗法廣場站”
  • Dutch: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • Esperanto: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • French: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • German: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • Italian: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • Japanese: “ランファン・プラザ駅”
  • Korean: “랑팡 플라자”
  • Polish: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • Russian: “Л’Энфант плаза”
  • Russian: “Ланфан-плаза”
  • Spanish: “L’Enfant Plaza”
  • Ukrainian: “Ел-Елефант Плаза”
  • Urdu: “ایل انفینٹ پلازہ اسٹیشن”

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