As is customary, I am posting my annual tally of every Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority station I entered, existed or transferred at for the previous year. This is a manually curated list. The dynamic WMATA-powered list, MetroRewind, was was already featured. This tally goes deeper.
WMATA was named the 2025 Transit Authority of the year by American Public Transportation Association.1 It was also the year of “Better Bus” implementation and I had feelings about that initiative. Mostly, I have a longer walk to “express” service to Pentagon now. At least more buses seem to have been added in the morning to the A28.
Last year
In 2025, I checked off 38 Metro stations, two fewer than 2024.
- Pentagon
- L’enfant Plaza
- Eastern Market
- Metro Center
- Brookland
- Potomac Yard-VT
- Van Dorn Street
- Dupont Circle
- Gallery Place-Chinatown
- Huntington
- Columbia Heights
- Mount Vernon Square
- Navy Yard-Ballpark
- King Street
- Eisenhower Ave
- Crystal City
- Van Ness- UDC
- Potomac Avenue
- Federal Center SW
- Rosslyn
- Pentagon City
- Farragut West
- Tenlytown-AU
- Rhode Island Ave
- Foggy Bottom-GWU
- National Airport
- East Falls Church
- Vienna
- NoMa
- Ashburn
- Forest Glen*
- Farragut North
- Union Station
- Takoma*
- Federal Center SW
- Friendship Heights
- Clarendon
- Court House
* First time ever
I thought I’d get a couple of more, like West Hyattsville in particular. I was going to go up there to bike along the Sligo Creek Trail, but by coincidence, an Urban Adventures group ride went up that way. Capitol South was in play for the the Botanic Garden for the holiday trains, but that was overcome by events.
Of note
I went to Metrofest again with my youngest son. This year’s was at Vienna2, my original Metro station. He may not be interested in going next year though, having gone twice the novelty has probably worn off. I may still go.
I made my second trip out to the end of the Silver Line and then rode my bike back to Alexandria.
Retconning previous years
As mentioned previously, I kept track of this for years before actually posting it. I found drafts of these lists in my email going as far back as 2014, the first year I became a daily Metro commuter.
Other subway systems
I was in Philadelphia for Philly Bike Ride and found myself on the two “subways” up there. It was a little bit of transportation, a little of bit of foaming.
- Spring Garden
- 69th Street,
- 46th Street
I’m up to 8 stations lifetime
- 8th Street
- City Hall
I’m up to 4 stations lifetime
In 2026, there is another system or two I’d really like to revisit, we’ll see…
Commuter Rail
It was mostly a coincidence, but I rode on three different commuter railroads in consecutive weeks with my bicycle this past autumn.
I can hear VRE trains from my backyard, but rarely ride it since Metro bus and rail is more convenient to my part of Alexandria. MARC was a bit of whimsy, while this was the second time I used SEPTA commuter rail.
Buses
I am a regular Metrobus commuter since 2014. DASH comes in handy if I’m out after PM rush hour or need to go somewhere other than home after work.
- 8W (my favorite line, ruined by “Better Bus”)
- A25 (the “replacement” of 8W that servers Arlington more than Alexandria)
- 21C/A28
- 29N
- A71
- C53
- D90
- C81
- C87
- 30
- 32
- Tour de VRE charter