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TimAppleBurner OP t1_je07akv wrote

Reply to comment by azureai in 47 years ago, on this date in 1976, WATA Metrorail service began operating. Source: Council of the District of Columbia by TimAppleBurner

I watched a video on it last night after seeing this photo on Facebook. Gallery Place was under construction, but it was not finished. It would open later that year on December 16th. They did not want the rest of the system to be held up by this stop, so it did not open at the same time as the rest of them.

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Cythrosi t1_je1eocp wrote

I believe WMATA wanted to open it, but the elevators weren't ready and they were forced to wait until they were operational to open the station.

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Cooking_with_MREs t1_je4kdpz wrote

That's interesting, so did the red line run through and still being constructed Gallery Place? Like would passengers see it in the train.

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damnatio_memoriae t1_je5ggv4 wrote

i believe they built a completely separate track to bypass the station altogether so as to not spoil the surprise.

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