Farragut North Station - DC Metro
Red Line - station in Washington, DC.
About Farragut North station
Farragut North sits beneath Connecticut Avenue in the thick of Washington’s downtown office district, a few blocks north of the White House. It is a Red Line station with four street entrances, and at eight-thirty on a weekday morning the escalators run more or less continuously with commuters. The surrounding blocks are K Street and Connecticut Avenue – law firms, lobbying shops, associations, hotels – and the station’s rhythm follows theirs closely, packed at the peaks and comparatively quiet on weekends. It is also the northern half of a well-known pairing: Farragut West, on the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines, is a couple of blocks away across Farragut Square.
The area around Farragut North
Golden Triangle and the K Street corridor – dense, mid-rise, and almost entirely commercial. Office buildings, business hotels, chain lunch spots, and a scattering of restaurants that fill at noon and empty by seven. Farragut Square provides the one patch of green. The ridership is overwhelmingly office workers, with visitors passing through on their way to the White House area a few blocks south.
What is near Farragut North station?
Small downtown park with the Admiral Farragut statue, food trucks at lunchtime, and benches under mature trees.
2 min walkThe north fence line at Lafayette Square is a straightforward walk south along Connecticut Avenue and 17th Street.
11 min walkRetail, delis, and restaurants running north from the station along Connecticut Avenue toward Dupont Circle, busiest at lunchtime.
1 min walkOrnate Catholic cathedral on Rhode Island Avenue NW, the seat of the Archdiocese of Washington.
6 min walkFirst and last trains at Farragut North
Departure times by direction. Which way you are traveling matters – the last train toward one terminal can be an hour before the last train the other way.
| Day | Toward | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon-Thu | Glenmont | 5:31 am | 12:02 am |
| Mon-Thu | Shady Grove | 5:30 am | 12:12 am |
| Fri | Glenmont | 5:31 am | 2:02 am |
| Fri | Shady Grove | 5:30 am | 2:12 am |
| Sat | Glenmont | 6:31 am | 2:02 am |
| Sat | Shady Grove | 6:30 am | 2:12 am |
| Sun | Glenmont | 6:31 am | 12:02 am |
| Sun | Shady Grove | 6:30 am | 12:12 am |
Travel times and fares from Farragut North
| To | Time | Weekday to 9:30pm | Late night & weekend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Center | 2 min | $2.25 | $2.25 |
| Gallery Pl-Chinatown | 4 min | $2.25 | $2.25 |
| L'Enfant Plaza | 12 min | $2.25 | $2.25 |
| Union Station | 8 min | $2.25 | $2.25 |
| Smithsonian | 10 min | $2.25 | $2.25 |
| Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport | 22 min | $3.05 | $2.50 |
| Washington Dulles International Airport | 60 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Pentagon | 17 min | $2.40 | $2.40 |
| Shady Grove | 34 min | $6.75 | $2.50 |
| Glenmont | 33 min | $6.60 | $2.50 |
Travel times and fares published by WMATA. Fares valid July 2026.
Changing lines at Farragut North
Farragut North is served by the Red Line only.
Parking at Farragut North
Tips for using Farragut North
- Farragut North and Farragut West are separate stations on separate lines – do not expect an underground passage between them; the connection is made at street level across Farragut Square.
- With four entrances spread along Connecticut Avenue and K Street, it pays to note the nearest one to your building before you go down.
- This is a weekday station; on weekends much of the surrounding area is closed, so plan your lunch or coffee stop before you arrive.
Farragut North station FAQ
You walk. The two stations are roughly two blocks apart at street level, on opposite sides of Farragut Square, and the walk takes about five minutes. There is no underground connection. WMATA has historically offered a fare arrangement for this out-of-station transfer – check wmata.com for the current terms.
Farragut West is closer. It sits on I Street just a few blocks north of the White House complex, while Farragut North is a couple of blocks further up Connecticut Avenue. Either works, but Farragut West saves you a few minutes on foot.
Only the Red Line. For the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines from this area, use Farragut West across the square, or transfer at Metro Center one stop to the southeast.
Much less so. The surrounding K Street and Connecticut Avenue offices drive most of the ridership, so the station is heavily used on weekday mornings and evenings and noticeably quieter midday, in the evening, and on weekends.