Yeah, something is VERY wrong about this station, first of all, it has a tiny entrance in a low density suburban neighborhood, with no bus bay plaza, but then it transforms into a giant station with six high-speed elevators that have to take you 20 stories underground, but has multiple locked floors. There is something top secret hidden in there, maybe a nuclear bunker linked to a metro system, like Moscow Metro 2. This is the only logic conclusion one can draw from the weirdest subway station I have ever seen. In the TTC stations with no bus plaza's and small corner entrances are small and compact, same in NY, and even the fancy Skytrain, who's only deep stations are downtown because of the surrounding highrises. This hood looks like Suburbia, something fishy!
Sorry for the extremely late reply, I have never come across this video before. SkyTrain has (2) deep stations, both of which are downtown, that is correct. The tunnel (Dunsmuir Tunnel) was not actually built for the SkyTrain, but it was built in 1931-1932 to connect the line at Waterfront to a rail yard at False Creek. In the 1980s, BC Transit (BC Transit in Vancouver has since become TransLink) went to convert the tunnel for SkyTrain usage. The deepest station, Granville, had the elevators replaced in the mid 2000s, so now there are 2 (or maybe 3?) elevators. One for street level - mezzanine, and mezzanine to Platforms (the tracks are stacked here, because the original tunnel was tall enough to fit both levels of trains (don’t quote me on that, I am not entirely sure about it)). BC Transit also carved out the stations from the pre-existing tunnel. So basically, the tunnel was built long before the skyscrapers starting popping up. (Yes, I am from Vancouver. Hope this helps!)
Thanks for posting this. I lived up the street from where this station is now for 8 1/2 years. I knew it was coming some time in the future, but I moved away from the DC area before it got built. I may have gone there for a visit and ridden an elevator there once or twice after it opened.
If I were you, I would’ve taken one of the first 2 train cars when getting on that train you rode then because the 4000 series had the prettiest WMATA train interiors. It’s totally fine, you can do whatever you want to do, but I would’ve gotten on one of the first 2 train cars in the end of the video because they had the best interiors. Whatever you wanted to do is fine.
I’ve never been to Forest Glen. Whenever I go in the Metro, I always start from sometimes Rockville and sometimes Glenmont. I live in South Carolina, but my grandma and most of my cousins, aunts, uncles live in Maryland. I like left way better than right on most things. I’ve never been to Forest Glen, but I’d definitely like Elevator 4 the best because it’s the left that’s closest to the Glenmont Platform. I’d like Elevator 1 the second best because it’s also the left, but it’s closest to the Shady Grove platform. I’d like Elevators 5 the best because it’s the middle that’s next the the Silver Spring Side. I’d like Elevator 2 the fourth best because it’s the middle, but it’s next to the Wheaton side. I’d like Elevator 3 the second least because it’s the right, but it’s at least closer to the Glenmont platform. I’d like Elevator 6 the least because it’s the right that’s closer to the Shady Grove platform.
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1:15 I love how all the elevator's voices start talking at the same time.
Elevator voice: "Going down!" Aaron: No dip Sherlock!" lol
Yeah, something is VERY wrong about this station, first of all, it has a tiny entrance in a low density suburban neighborhood, with no bus bay plaza, but then it transforms into a giant station with six high-speed elevators that have to take you 20 stories underground, but has multiple locked floors. There is something top secret hidden in there, maybe a nuclear bunker linked to a metro system, like Moscow Metro 2. This is the only logic conclusion one can draw from the weirdest subway station I have ever seen. In the TTC stations with no bus plaza's and small corner entrances are small and compact, same in NY, and even the fancy Skytrain, who's only deep stations are downtown because of the surrounding highrises. This hood looks like Suburbia, something fishy!
Sorry for the extremely late reply, I have never come across this video before.
SkyTrain has (2) deep stations, both of which are downtown, that is correct. The tunnel (Dunsmuir Tunnel) was not actually built for the SkyTrain, but it was built in 1931-1932 to connect the line at Waterfront to a rail yard at False Creek. In the 1980s, BC Transit (BC Transit in Vancouver has since become TransLink) went to convert the tunnel for SkyTrain usage. The deepest station, Granville, had the elevators replaced in the mid 2000s, so now there are 2 (or maybe 3?) elevators. One for street level - mezzanine, and mezzanine to Platforms (the tracks are stacked here, because the original tunnel was tall enough to fit both levels of trains (don’t quote me on that, I am not entirely sure about it)). BC Transit also carved out the stations from the pre-existing tunnel.
So basically, the tunnel was built long before the skyscrapers starting popping up.
(Yes, I am from Vancouver. Hope this helps!)
There actually is a bus area for this station, but it’s across the street from the main entrance.
Thanks for posting this. I lived up the street from where this station is now for 8 1/2 years. I knew it was coming some time in the future, but I moved away from the DC area before it got built. I may have gone there for a visit and ridden an elevator there once or twice after it opened.
Wow! That is cool! I can see why it is deep, to clear out noise.
Those are epco
Leaning on the doors is the primest real estate on a crowded train lol.
If I were you, I would’ve taken one of the first 2 train cars when getting on that train you rode then because the 4000 series had the prettiest WMATA train interiors. It’s totally fine, you can do whatever you want to do, but I would’ve gotten on one of the first 2 train cars in the end of the video because they had the best interiors. Whatever you wanted to do is fine.
I’ve never been to Forest Glen. Whenever I go in the Metro, I always start from sometimes Rockville and sometimes Glenmont. I live in South Carolina, but my grandma and most of my cousins, aunts, uncles live in Maryland. I like left way better than right on most things. I’ve never been to Forest Glen, but I’d definitely like Elevator 4 the best because it’s the left that’s closest to the Glenmont Platform. I’d like Elevator 1 the second best because it’s also the left, but it’s closest to the Shady Grove platform. I’d like Elevators 5 the best because it’s the middle that’s next the the Silver Spring Side. I’d like Elevator 2 the fourth best because it’s the middle, but it’s next to the Wheaton side. I’d like Elevator 3 the second least because it’s the right, but it’s at least closer to the Glenmont platform. I’d like Elevator 6 the least because it’s the right that’s closer to the Shady Grove platform.
"Thank you for using the metro rail"
Do your ears clog while going down?
Old school... they still have the hatch on the ceiling
Those buttons look like Northern fixtures.
Northern never manufactured fixtures
22408aaron I meant fixtures that Northern used.
Well, I know where I'm going when there's a tornado...
Trevor Berridge Washington DC does not get tornadoes
Washington DC does not get tornadoes
floors R1-3 locked.
US ELEVATORS YOU HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO OF THESE
Featuring Monitor fixtures.
Epco.
😅 ok