Mount Vernon Square 7th Street–Convention Center
Station platform from the mezzanine in August 2022
General information
Location	700M Street NW Washington, D.C.
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus:D40,D4X Loudoun County Commuter Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 6 racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	E01
History
Opened	May 11, 1991; 34 years ago (May 11, 1991)
Previous names	Mt Vernon Square-UDC (1991–2001) Mt Vernon Sq/7th St-Convention Center (2001–2011)
Passengers
2023	2,708 daily[1]
Rank	37 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Gallery Place towardBranch Avenue Green Line Shaw–Howard University towardGreenbelt Gallery Place towardHuntington Yellow Line Terminus
Future services Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Gallery Place towardHuntington Yellow Line Shaw–Howard University towardGreenbelt
Route map Shaw–Howard U Gallery Place
Location

Mount Vernon Square station is aWashington Metro station inWashington, D.C., on theGreen andYellow Lines. It is the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line.

Mount Vernon Square station is located at the border of the neighborhoods ofDowntown andShaw in the northwestern quadrant of Washington. Its namesake,Mount Vernon Square, is located two blocks to the south at the convergence of New York Avenue and Massachusetts Avenues and 7th, 9th, and K Streets. The station's subtitle is derived from the station's location along7th Street NW and its proximity to theWalter E. Washington Convention Center. However, the station is only one of five Metro stations underneath 7th Street NW.

Like many other Metro stations in the Washington Metropolitan Area, Mount Vernon Square station has spurred development in its proximity. Most prominent is the Washington Convention Center, although a number of smaller residential and commercial projects have been completed within the surrounding blocks. To the southeast of the station is theMount Vernon Triangle, abusiness improvement district (BID) seeing rapid mixed-use growth. To the southwest of the station is the mixed-use CityCenterDC development project, which is home to luxury condominiums and luxury retail franchises such asLouis Vuitton,Moncler,Gucci,Hugo Boss,Tesla, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Fig & Olive and other upscale dining and shopping destinations.^[2]

Service began on May 11, 1991. The station mezzanine was renovated in 2003 to coincide with the opening of theWalter E. Washington Convention Center. The renovation included additional faregates and a new street entrance.

In 2003, two redundant elevators near the entrance with escalators were opened and the station is the first station to get redundant elevators.

On January 7, 2007, the fifth car of a six-car train derailed in the tunnel at the interlocking south of the station, sending twenty people to the hospital for minor injuries and significantly damaging a rail car.^[3][4] Service resumed the next day at 5 AM.^[5]

Since May 25, 2019,Yellow Line trains no longer terminated at this station during rush hours and extended toGreenbelt at all times.^[6]

From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the2020 coronavirus pandemic.^[7][8][9]

From October 12, 2021 to October 14, 2021 Blue Line Trains temporarily served this station due to a derailment near the Arlington Cemetery Station.

Since May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from Greenbelt to this station, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project onits bridge over thePotomac River and its tunnel leading intoL'Enfant Plaza.^[10] Some Yellow Line service is expected be re-extended to Greenbelt in December 2025.^[11]

Originally to be named "Federal City College", the station was namedMount Vernon Square–UDC at the time of its 1991 opening, reflecting the establishment of theUniversity of the District of Columbia. The station was renamedMt Vernon Sq/7th Street–Convention Center in 2001; the "7th Street" helped distinguish that the stop served the new Walter E. Washington Convention Center as opposed to the oldWashington Convention Center at 9th Street NW. On November 3, 2011, the station was again renamed, taking "Mount Vernon Square" as the main name, with "7th Street–Convention Center" as a subtitle.^[12]

The station) has a singleisland platform accessed from the southwest corner of Seventh and M Streets, NW. There is apocket track just beyond the station going north, which is currently used to turnYellow Line trains for service back toHuntington. It is also one of only two underground terminus stations in the Washington Metro, the other beingGlenmont. The station also features the "Arch II" design found atColumbia Heights,Congress Heights,Georgia Avenue-Petworth, and Glenmont.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toMount Vernon Square (WMATA station).

• WMATA Mount Vernon Square station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center:Mt. Vernon Square Station
• M Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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