Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 60

On Monday, we posted our sixtieth photo challenge to see how well you know Metro. Reader Robb D took photos of five Metro stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do?

This week, we got 11 guesses. Three people got all five. Great work, Peter K, MZEBE, and Mr. Johnson!

The first image shows the platform at Cheverly. You can tell from the stations listed on the pylon that this is an Orange Line station. And the only outdoor Orange Line station with side platforms is Cheverly.

Ten got this one.

This one was a little trickier. It shows an outbound Silver Line train leaving Morgan Boulevard. You can tell it’s a Silver Line train because of the absence of color bars on either side of the destination sign. Except for the 7000 series railcars, the Metro fleet can’t display the white LED color used for the Silver Line.

From the station’s walls and ceiling, you can tell it’s a newer station. But the presence of a Silver Line train is a bit of a red herring.

The design elements aren’t quite right for it to be one of the brand new Silver Line stations. The only other “new” stations used by Silver Line trains are on the other end of the line. Those are Largo and Morgan Boulevard, which opened in 2004. This had to be Morgan Boulevard because, unlike at Largo, one end of the station is underground.

Three guessed correctly.

The third image shows part of the crossvault at Gallery Place. This is a rather unique view, since there’s a mezzanine under the point where the north-south and east-west vaults intersect.

Robb’s photo captures the cut-away portion of the vault from that vantage point. Other helpful hints include the side platforms visible at right and (just barely) some of the experimental signage characteristic of Gallery Place.

Seven knew this one.

The fourth image shows the mezzanine at Suitland. The big clue here is the overpass above the bus loop, visible at left.

Southern Avenue has a similar overpass, but it doesn’t have a next-gen faregate. Suitland is one of the stations in the payment pilot, and knowing that would have helped you narrow this down.

Eight got this one.

The final image shows the view from the platform at Van Dorn Street. The main clue here is the line of high-rises in the distance. They should have helped you narrow down the possibilities. Another clue is the shape of the mezzanine roof, which has a crescent-like shape to interface with the bus loop.

Seven figured this one out.

Next Monday we’ll have five more photos for you to identify. Thanks for playing! And a special thanks to Robb D for supplying the photos this week.

If you have pictures you think would be good fits for whichWMATA, please send them to whichwmata@ggwash.org.