🇺🇸 America’s Most Iconic Metro - Beatiful & Brutalist [Washington, DC METRO] [4K]

Beep boop, beep boop - Doors closing! Today we travel on America's capital transit rail system, Washington DC's Metro. Also known as WMATA!

Fee: 2.00 USD / 280 JPY / 1.80 EUR / 2,550 KRW
Route: Washington DC - Dulles International Airport (DC, VA)
Train: Washington DC Metro Rail
Models: 6000 Series and 7000 Series

*I shot this video on two separate days. One of the days I was traveling had some station closures, which is why I show both the 6000 and 7000-Series Trains!

*WMATA operating manual indicates top speeds of 59MPH except on Green Line North of Georgia Ave - Petworth and South of Anacostia Station

#trains #airport #travel

Sources:
US Heavy Rail Annual Ridership
https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploa...

Arlington, Virginia Density
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-...

First Apple Store in Tysons Corner
https://www.macobserver.com/analysis/...

   • Unveiling Apple's First Retail Store  

Apple Shares in 2001
https://www.benzinga.com/general/educ...

Eero Saarinen
https://www.archdaily.com/102060/ad-c...

Design of the Washington Dulles International Airport Metro Station
http://www.capitalrailconstructors.co...

Hubble on Display at Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection...

Washington Metro Dulles Airport Station
https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/sil...

Die Hard II Filming
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv...

0:00 Introduction
0:40 How to Buy a DC Metro Fare Card
2:02 Metro Center Station Arrivals
2:27 Fare Gate Entry
2:50 Metro Map Tour
3:40 Metro Shop
3:50 Train Arriving
4:25 Boarding 6000-Series Train
4:52 White House Station
5:25 Welcome to Virginia
5:50 Cool Metro Drawing
6:10 7000-Series Train
6:27 Leaving the Tunnel Shot
6:45 Train Passing
7:00 Orange and Silver Line Interchange
7:45 Scenic Views from the Train
8:27 Tysons Corner Office Buildings
9:00 Racing Cars from the Train
9:35 Approaching Washington Dulles Airport
10:05 Airport View from the Train
11:20 Train Departing
12:20 Metro Station Architecture
12:55 Exiting the Station
13:24 Underground Walkway Tour
14:07 Architect Eero Saarinen
14:45 Air and Space Museum
14:55 Model of Dulles Airport and Metro Station
15:23 Futuristic Starbucks
16:05 Welcome to the Terminal
17:03 Station and Airport Architecture Comparison
17:27 Thanks for Watching

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