L’Enfant

L’Enfant is a railway station in , which is located on Virginia Avenue Southwest. L’Enfant is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: VRE commuter rail station in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “L’Enfant Plaza station”, “L’Enfant station”, “L’Enfant VRE Station”, “VRE L’Enfant Plaza”, “VRE L’Enfant Plaza station”, and “VRE L’Enfant station”
  • Address: 650 Virginia Avenue Southwest, Washington, DC 20024
  • Wheelchair access: yes

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 2,100 feet north of L’Enfant.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 3,700 feet northeast of L’Enfant.

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.

Neighborhood
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's is a small, historic area of Downtown Washington, D.C. along H and I Streets between 5th and 8th Streets, Northwest. The area was once home to thousands of Chinese immigrants, but fewer than 300 remained in 2017.

L’Enfant

Latitude
38.88554° or 38° 53′ 8″ north
Longitude
-77.02092° or 77° 1′ 15″ west
Operator
Keolis
Network
Virginia Railway Express
Open location code
87C4VXPH+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1130921968
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q88693468
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Satellite Map

Discover L’Enfant from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“L’Enfant” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Transit Accessibility Center and Graduate School.

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