TAC to L’Enfant Plaza Station via Escalator (Lower Level)

From:
Transit Accessibility Center at 655 Virginia Avenue SW
 
To:

L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station Lower Level

Escalator Path
 
  • If heading back on the Orange/Blue/Silver from the Transit Accessibility Center
  • Uses the escalator on D and 7th Streets
 

Directions Back To Transit Accessibility Center

1.  After exiting the Transit Accessibility Center, turn to the right and continue about 20 ft to reach a gap between the building and the parapet wall.

A picture of a building and some sidewalk. There is an automatic door opener slightly to the right of center in the foreground. To the left there are some windows, while to the right there is a woman at a half wall. In the center of the background there is a curved wall of the building.

2. Turn to the left and go past the parapet wall (approximately 10 ft). There is a bollard in the middle of this path.

A picture of a pathway to a sidewalk and a street. In the foreground, there is the end of a half wall on the left and a bollard slightly to the right of center of the picture. Beyond that in the background, there are two red taxis in the street as well as two trucks, all of which are parked on the side of the street. There is a sidewalk between the pathway immediately in the foreground and the street in the background.

3. When past the wall and on the sidewalk, turn to the left. Keep to the left so that the building is close as the sidewalk is narrow. Proceed down Virginia Avenue approximately 235 ft to reach the intersection of Virginia Avenue and 7th St.

 
A picture of a sidewalk. There are bollards and the side of a building running from the foreground to the background of the picture on the left. Automobiles are parked on the side of the street to the right. There is a sidewalk running through the middle of the picture from the foreground to the background.

4.At the intersection of Virginia Avenue and 7th St, turn to the left and head up to the intersection of 7th St and D St. It is about 210 ft up the sidewalk.

A picture of the sidewalk along 7th Street. The WMATA HQ building is on the left and 7th Street is on the right. There is landscaping in the right of the picture.

5. Once at the intersection, cross D St when it is safe to do so. Once across the street, turn to the left.

A picture of the intersection at D and 7th Streets. There are bollards in the foreground, and in the background, a person about to cross the street using a crosswalk that goes up and to the left.

6. Proceed down D St towards the middle of the block where the escalator entrance to the station is. It is approximately 225 ft to the entrance for the escalators.

A picture of a sidewalk down 7th Street. The WMATA Headquarters building is on the left, and the street is on the right. There is landscaping and some construction cones to the right before the street.

7. Turn to the right and head forward to a set of stairs. Once up the stairs, the escalators are in the center of a large open space, with the entrance towards the back. The escalators also have a walled barrier with a railing on top on three sides (towards the street and on the left and right of the escalator bay).

A picture of a staircase and a escalator bay under a building. There are stairs running across the picture from left to right inbetween the foreground and background, along with a potted plant in the center of the image. There is a coloumn behind the potted plant. In the background there is an open space covered by the rest of the building that is at the top of the image.

8. Proceed past the escalator bay and make a wide U-Turn. If on the right side of the escalator bay, turn to the left go to the last of the three escalators; if on the left side of the escalator bay, turn to the right and go to the first of the three escalators.

A picture of an escalator entrance. In the foreground there is an escalator and in the background slightly to the left of center for the image there is a large video board that is green. Between the video board and the top of the escalator there is a wall that surrounds the escalator bay. There are also three pillars present holding up the ceiling around the wall.

9. Ride the escalator down. Once at the bottom of the escalator, walk forward and find a railing on the right-hand side of the path. The path will curve to the left and lead to the faregates.

A picture of a pathway in a metro station. In the foreground to the right there is a trash can. In the background there is a wall with fare vending machines slightly to the right of center as well as to the left. In the far right background there is the ending of a railing.

10. Pass through the faregates after the path. The ADA faregate is the closest faregate to the station manager’s kiosk on the left.

A picture of a metro station pathway. In the background on the left there is a railing protruding from a wall. In the center of the background there is a station manager

11. There are two sets of escalators that will take you to the lower level where the Orange/Blue/Silver line trains are. Both are located in the center of the platform immediately past the faregates. Proceed forward and take the escalator that you prefer.

A picture of a set of escalators in a metro station. In front of the escalators there is one yellow wet floor cone. The escalators have a half wall running around the three other sides. In the background there are six wayfinding structures.

12. Once at the lower level, trains that are continuing to Franconia-Springfield, Vienna, and Ashburn are going to be on your right (you will be towards the end of the train) and trains that are continuing to New Carrollton and Downtown Largo are going to be on your left (you will be towards the front of the train).

Directions Back To Transit Accessibility Center