Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 75

On Tuesday, we posted our seventy-fifth photo challenge to see how well you knew Metro. I took photos of five Metro stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do?

This week we got 33 guesses. Four got all five. Great work, AlexC, Peter K, Stephen C, and Justin….!

The first image shows the southern entrance to Tysons Corner station. The structural elements of the pedestrian bridge are common to the new Silver Line stations, so that should have helped you narrow this down. Clues pointing to Tysons Corner station specifically are the VITA tower (under construction at left) and the fact that there’s a spur pedestrian bridge leading away from the entry pavilion.

That bridge leads to Tysons Corner Center. Only Tysons Corner station has a spur like that. The other stations simply have a single bridge leading to an entry pavilion, except for Wiehle’s northern entrance, where the bridge lands in a plaza.

Twenty-nine got this one right.

The second image shows a unique perspective of Cheverly station. This station has side platforms, which itself limits the number of possibilities. It also has the split Gull I canopy, which is present only at Cheverly and Eisenhower Avenue. But it’s impossible to get a view like this at Eisenhower, since the mezzanine is below the tracks.

The mezzanine at Cheverly is above the tracks and it feels very fortress-like. The only openings in the walls are a narrow horizontal slit, which is why the viewpoint in this photo is narrow.

Twenty-six guessed correctly.

The third image shows a view of the entry bridge to Southern Avenue station. There were a couple of clues here, but the primary clue is the bridge at left. It connects the upper level of the parking garage to the station by crossing over the bus loop.

Suitland has a very similar bridge, but there are some distinct differences. The primary difference is that Suitland’s bridge is almost entirely glass on the second level. There’s much less framing. Additionally, this viewpoint (to the left of the bridge) is not possible so close to the station at Suitland because the bridge is longer. Finally, Suitland has a very shallow peaked skylight, unlike Southern Avenue.

Sixteen figured it out.

The fourth image shows the view from a train arriving at New Carrollton station. The Metro platform is not pictured. Instead, this is a picture showing the Amtrak/MARC platform to the west of the Metro tracks.

The main clue here is that the commuter rail platform is an island platform (note the yellow strip on both sides and the lack of a second platform in the foreground). The perspective, with a non-platform track in the foreground, also should help to prove this is New Carrollton. Finally, the building in the background (the New Carrollton Federal Building) should have helped you out.

Eighteen got the right answer.

The final image was certainly the hardest, but over a third of you figured it out. It shows the tunnel leading from the parking lot/bus loop at Forest Glen to the station mezzanine. There wasn’t a lot to go on, but there were a few clues.

First, you can see the station manager’s booth and fare gates in the distance, but there’s also a lot of natural light, which eliminates subway stations (which are much dimmer). The natural light here is possible because Forest Glen’s mezzanine sits in a squat building just below ground level on the southwest corner of Georgia Avenue and Forest Glen Road.

The angle of the doorway at the end of the tunnel also indicates that it lines up with the mezzanine at an odd angle. That’s because the tunnel connects the mezzanine to the bus loop, which is on the opposite side of Forest Glen Road and half a block west. Greenbelt has a similar angled tunnel, but the station manager’s booth there isn’t in line with the tunnel.

Finally, the opening to the right leads to the unique staircase that leads to the corner of Coleridge Drive and Forest Glen Road. That staircase has an open grating above it, so there’s plenty of natural light spilling through the doorway. We featured that stairway in week 47.

Thirteen came to the correct conclusion.

Next week, we’ll have five more photos for you to identify. Thanks for playing!

Information about contest rules, submission guidelines, and a leaderboard is available at http://ggwash.org/whichwmata.