Owned by WMATA Structure type Underground Opened 25 August 1984 Platforms in use 1 | Line(s) Red Line Disabled access Yes Bicycle facilities 88 Tracks 2 | |
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Location 8810 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814 Connections Ride On: 30, 33, 34, 46, 70
WMATA Metrobus: J1, J2, J3, J7, J9
NIH Bethesda Shuttles
Navy Medical Center Shuttle Address Bethesda, MD 20894, United States Owner Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Similar Friendship Heights station, Grosvenor–Strath station, Shady Grove station, Glenmont station, White Flint station | ||
Medical Center is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on August 25, 1984, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Red Line, the station serves the National Institutes of Health campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is located at Rockville Pike and South Drive. Since there is little retail in the area and no commuter parking lot, this station is used almost exclusively by employees of and visitors to those two institutions.
The station opened on August 25, 1984. Its opening coincided with the completion of 6.8 miles (10.9 km) of rail northwest of the Van Ness–UDC station and the opening of the Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Grosvenor and Tenleytown stations.
In September 2009, Montgomery County submitted a $20 million federal grant application to build a pedestrian tunnel under Wisconsin Avenue to improve access to the Medical Center stop. Construction would have originally occurred in 2011, but the project was not approved until 2013.