WMATA HQ to L’Enfant Plaza Station via Elevator (Greenbelt)

From: WMATA Headquarters - 300 7th Street, SW

To: L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station Green line to Greenbelt

  • If heading back on the Green line in the Greenbelt direction from the WMATA HQ
  • Uses the Maryland Ave and 7th elevator

Directions Back To WMATA HQ

Elevator Path

1. After exiting the WMATA HQ building, make your way to the intersection of D and 7th. Turn to the right.

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.

2. Proceed down 7th Street towards Virginia Avenue. It is about 210 ft to the crossing.

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.

3. Once at the corner, you will cross Virginia Avenue. This intersection does not have a traffic light, but there is a stop sign for vehicles traveling on Virginia Avenue from the right. Virginia Avenue is about 60 ft wide.

A picture of the crosswalk at Virginia Avenue that borders 7th Street. In the background there is a bridge made of concrete and stone. To the left is 7th street and to the right is Virginia Avenue. The crosswalk is on the ground past the detectable warning tile.

4. After crossing Virginia Avenue, you will immediately pass under a bridge. Beyond the bridge, you will head slightly uphill for about 180 ft until you reach the intersection of 7th St and Maryland Avenue.

A picture of a sidewalk. To the left is the street and to the right, some landscaping in the foreground and a building in the background. Straight forward in the background is a tree, a bus shelter, and an intersection.

5. Turn to the left when at the intersection of 7th and Maryland. Cross 7th Street when it is safe to do so. 7th Street is about 80 ft wide.

A picture of a crosswalk across an intersection. To the left of the picture is the street and to the right is the rest of the intersection. There is a median with a traffic signal to the left of the crosswalk about halfway through the intersection.

6. After crossing 7th Street, turn to the left and proceed about 100 ft to the Metro elevator that will take you to the mezzanine of the station. Push the button to call the elevator.

A picture of a sidewalk with a downward slope. To the right is the majority of the sidewalk along with a woman standing on the barrier for some landscaping. To the left is the street with several service trucks parked along the street edge. Directly ahead are a couple plots of dirt with trees that are casting shade on the sidewalk.
A picture of a WMATA elevator. The door to the elevator is slightly to the right of center for the image and past the elevator there is a retaining wall. The elevator has an overhand that is about 2/3 of the way up the image.

7. Exit the elevator and proceed approximately 60 ft to the center of the mezzanine promenade.

A picture of a pathway in the metro station from the elevator. There are five men in the background of the picture, two of which are walking further away. There are concrete walls on both sides of the picture.

8. Turn to the right and head forward to the faregates and the station manager’s kiosk. The ADA faregate is to the right of the station manager’s kiosk.

A picture of the faregates and station manager's kiosk in the station. There is blue masking tape on the tile flooring, a rail to the right in the foreground, and a woman walking towards the faregates in the background. The faregates extend to the left and right of the station manager's kiosk in the center, which has a sign on top of it in blue and orange.

9. After passing through the ADA faregate, make a wide left U-Turn to the entrance of a guided pathway to the elevator that connects to the Green line platform for Greenbelt.

A picture of the entrance of the guided pathway next to the faregates. To the left there is a yellow wet floor cone next to a faregate and to the right in the background there is a sign pointing to the elevator on the wall. The wall in the background has a railing on top of it.
A picture of the guided pathway to the elevator for the upper platform. In the foreground of the picture there is a faregate along with the pathway

10. At the end of the guided pathway, turn to the right and proceed into the elevator at the end of the alcove. Push the button to call the elevator and ride to the Greenbelt platform of the metro.

A picture of the pathway to the elevator that goes to the Upper Platform of the station. In the foreground there is the emergency exit gate for the pathway. Further back, there are two yellow wet floor cones on the right, an open storage room on the left, and the elevator straight back.

11. Exit the elevator and turn to the left. You are on the Greenbelt platform that will put you at the front of the train. If you want to board the train further back, proceed further down the platform.

A picture of the pathway further down the platform. To the left there is a side wall, to the right there are train tracks. In the background there is one yellow wet floor cone, as well as the structure for some escalators slightly to the right of center.

Directions Back To WMATA HQ