Washington DC Metro Rail.

A Easter trip to washington DC, April 2010.
Metrorail, commonly called Metro, is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C., United States, and its surrounding suburbs. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates Metrobus service under the Metro name. In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery County and Prince George's County; in Virginia, to Fairfax County, Arlington County, and the City of Alexandria. Since opening in 1976, the network has grown to include five lines, 86 stations, and 106.3 miles (171.1 km) of track.
Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States in number of passenger trips, after the New York City Subway. There were 215.3 million trips, or 727,684 trips per weekday, on Metrorail in fiscal year 2008. In June 2008, Metro set a new monthly ridership record with 19,729,641 trips, or 798,456 per weekday. Fares vary based on the distance traveled and the time of day. Riders enter and exit the system using a stored-value card in the form of a paper magnetic stripe farecard or a proximity card known as SmarTrip.
Metro stations were designed by Chicago architect Harry Weese, and are examples of late-20th century modern architecture. With their heavy use of exposed concrete and repetitive design motifs, Metro stations also display aspects of brutalist design. In 2007, the design of the Metro's vaulted-ceiling stations was voted number 106 on the American Institute of Architects' list of "America's Favorite Architecture". (wikipedia)

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[jeffsandychelsea]

But where are the ghouls and the raiders and supermutants? :<

[Future0331]

@TheSubwayMustango I wont be in D.C. till next Week

[MrNintendoguy1]

its kinda creepy in this system NYC FTW

[golftrailsucks]

@rupertoruiz Well, it all depends on your personal schedule. Metro gets worse and worse with delays and breakdowns. We'll see how they respond to a big snow storm.

[rupertoruiz]

I love the washington Subway!!!, the best. in all USA.

[golftrailsucks]

@RumbleHD EXACTLY!!! 

[RumbleHD]

@golftrailsucks They are all lazy but they show up to work and do the job that they get paid for everyday???

[golftrailsucks]

i THINK THE PROBLEM WITH METRO IS RACISM!!  HOW COME BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE MAJORITY? THE FACT IS THAT IF METRO HAD MORE DIVERSITY, I THINK SERVICE WOULD BE A LOT FASTER AND EFFECTIVE. I DONT MEAN TO OFFEND THE BLACK COMMUNITY BUT THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT I MET ON THE BUS SERVICE, SURPERVISORS, AND MANAGERS, ARE LAZY AND DO NOT CARE. AGAIN, THATS THE WAY I STRONGLY FEEL. ABOUT IT.

[Renee2383]

I live in DC and I can say that I love the architecture of the stations. But other than that Metro Sucks!

[FilmGuyDebatingInfo]

If you are every in any kind of danger while at/ around/ or on the metro, you can be guaranteed that the metro workers will NOT help you ;)

[lolita19711]

fallout 3

[Roboman2121]

I just love how you can't touch the station walls! (Except with a stick or something else long)