On Tuesday, we posted our eighty-fifth 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 26 guesses. Fifteen got all five. Great work, Patrick, JamesDCane, Peter K, AlexC, J-Train-21, Jacob G, robwd21, Solomon, dpod, Justin…., Dillon the Pickle, Stephen C, Andy L, David Duck, and We Will Crush Peter K!

Image 1: Friendship Heights

The first image was taken from the Western Avenue mezzanine at Friendship Heights. There are several clues here that should have made this a fairly easy one to solve.

This is a four-coffer Arch I station, a type of station that is present only on the Red Line’s Shady Grove branch between Woodley Park and Medical Center. That narrows it down to seven stations. Of those seven, only one station has mezzanines at both ends: Friendship Heights. However, Bethesda will soon have a second mezzanine, constructed as part of the Purple Line.

One additional clue is the globe lights on the platform pylons. Globe lights like these are typical at outdoor stations. But Friendship Heights is the only underground station that has them in quantities like this.

Twenty-three knew this one.

Image 2: Eisenhower Avenue

The next station featured was Eisenhower Avenue. The elevator shaft leading between the mezzanine and the Huntington platform is seen here from the station’s bus loop.

The easiest way to figure out that this was Eisenhower Avenue was by noticing that this is a side platform station. There are very few of those in the system (most stations have the single platform between the tracks). Only Eisenhower Avenue is both elevated and has side platforms (West Hyattsville is built on a berm).

Cheverly would have been a close guess, since it’s the twin of Eisenhower Avenue. However, at Cheverly, the mezzanine is above the tracks, which are built at ground level.

Nineteen guessed correctly.

Image 3: Silver Spring

The third station is Silver Spring. The view here is looking north from the platform, with the pocket track used to short turn trains at center left. The pocket track is the main clue here, since there are only a few in the system. The only outdoor pocket tracks near a station are at Silver Spring, Wiehle Avenue, and Franconia/Springfield, though the Franconia pocket is not visible from the platform.

Additional clues include the CSX track just to the right of the fence, which indicates that this is in the shared corridor where the Red Line is sandwiched between the eastbound and westbound CSX tracks. 8403 Colesville Road is also visible, and is a fairly distinctive building in the Silver Spring skyline.

Twenty-five got the gold by guessing Silver Spring.

Image 4: Suitland

The fourth image shows a view of Suitland station from the bridge leading to the parking garage.

From the image, you can tell that this is one of the four High Peak stations. You can narrow it down to Suitland because, as noted in week 57, the peaked skylights are very shallow here.

The vantage point also should help you narrow it down. Branch Avenue doesn’t have a bridge or parking garage that would allow a view from this angle. And from this angle at Franconia, instead of seeing the bus loop, you’d see the CSX/VRE tracks.

However, at Southern Avenue, the bus loop includes a bridge over the tracks just beyond the end of the platform. Since that’s not visible here, by process of elimination, this has to be Suitland.

Nineteen came to the correct conclusion.

Image 5: Columbia Heights

The final image shows artwork at Columbia Heights station. The piece, Woven Identities by Megan Welsh and Casa Del Pueblo Youth, hangs on the wall opposite the faregates, where the corridor branches to escalators leading to either side of 14th Street.

If you’ve ever shopped at the Columbia Heights Target, you’ve probably walked past this artwork, and hopefully it’s brightened your day. If you took the time to notice it, it probably brightened your score this week.

Nineteen got it right.

Thanks for playing! We’ll be back in two weeks with another quiz.

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

Matt Johnson has lived in the Washington area since 2007. He has a Master’s in Planning from the University of Maryland and a BS in Public Policy from Georgia Tech. He lives in Dupont Circle. He’s a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is an employee of the Montgomery County Department of Transportation. His views are his own and do not represent those of his employer.