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Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Sep 11 12:01:23 2011, in response to WMATA: Comparing the first map to the latest, posted by Sand Box John on Fri Sep 9 08:36:55 2011. Neither was Gallery Place. Perhaps John can tell us more, but perhaps they printed the map in accordance with the plan that both stations would be among the first to open.I hadn’t notice that. That makes it a 03 17 1977 map, anyway, the earliest generations of the system map were far more simple compared to today's map. As I recall the maps that appeared in the stations and aboard the trains on 03 27 1976 only showed the stations between Farragut North and Rhode Island Avenue as open, that included Gallery Place as the suit over the lack of elevator access was filed within a few week of opening. Long before the initial segment opened between Farragut North and Rhode Island Avenue was set (known back then as Phase I) plans called for Phase I to run between Rhode Island Avenue and Dupont Circle. The destination signs of that era reflected this fact.   The postponing of the opening of Dupont Circle with the rest of Phase I was attributed to construction delays and the fact that the station was flooded on 09 27 75 by the remnants of tropical storm Eloise. Track had been laid through the station, tunnel and station lighting had been installed and the switch gear for the traction power tie breaker station had been installed. I don’t recall if any of the train control ground equipment had been installed yet.  John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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