Federal Center SW — Local services in Washington

No complaints with this station, except the trains coming through are very inconsistent, which isn’t against Federal Centre, just the whole Metro system in general. I would use this stop when visiting the northern part of the Mall and the Capitol, but especially the United States Botanic Garden which is really brilliant and free, too. The platform can be very loud when trains are coming through, just as a warning, and benches aren’t too frequent. If you commute here, I would try to aim for the rear cars since there is only one staircase and you will have to double back to get up the escalator which can be annoying if you’re in a...

Average metro station. -has dot matrix informing time of next train -has some trash 🗑 containers -No Toilets -Single Set(up/down) of escalator -single elevator -attendant that is super bored. -Push button intercom lines -handicap enabled station Station serviced by Blue&Orange Lines.

Items to improve: better dot matrix or a screen showing service advisories. Current screen cycles at inconsistent rate. A Map of the metro. Not a single map was found around the station.

Standard Metro Architecture with blocks of...

Stood there for 20 minutes trying to get help from the guy in the help box, we had no idea what we were doing as we’ve never been on this before. He finally helped us with 6 minutes to spare and told us we had to buy tickets from the kiosk behind us. Didn’t tell us how or what we’re buying, kiosk was super confusing. Couldn’t get our passes in time to board, overall terrible...