| McPherson Square | |||||||||||
| Style: | WMATA | ||||||||||
| Symbol: | orange | ||||||||||
| Symbol2: | silver | ||||||||||
| Symbol3: | blue | ||||||||||
| Symbol Location: | washington | ||||||||||
| Address: | 1400 I Street NW | ||||||||||
| Borough: | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Structure: | Underground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | Capital Bikeshare, 1 rack | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 5,266 daily[1] | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 14 out of 98 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Code: | C02 | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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McPherson Square station is a Washington Metro station in Downtown, Washington, D.C., United States. The side-platformed station is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines, the station is located between McPherson Square and Franklin Square, with two entrances on I Street at Vermont Avenue and 14th Street NW. This is the main station to access the White House, and the Vermont Avenue exit is directly underneath the Department of Veterans Affairs building.
The station opened on July 1, 1977. Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8miles[2] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian, and Stadium–Armory stations. Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.
Between January 15 to January 21, 2021, this station was closed because of security concerns due to the Inauguration of Joe Biden.[3]