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Wheaton (Washington Metro)Wheaton is a Washington Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. The station serves the suburb of Wheaton, Maryland and is located at Georgia Avenue and Reedie Drive. This station has the longest escalators in the Western Hemisphere, at 230 feet long. It is not the deepest station in the system, though; that honor goes to Forest Glen, which is so deep it doesn't even have escalators. The trip on Wheaton's escalator takes 3 minutes, though most commuters shorten the time by walking. Another architectural feature of this station is separate tunnels and platforms for each direction, instead of the large vaulting room seen at most other underground stations. This design, which is similar to many of the London Underground's tube stations, was used to save money due to the station's depth. Service at Wheaton began on September 22, 1990. It was the northeastern end of the Red Line for almost eight years, until the Glenmont station opened in July of 1998.
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