Brookland, Red Line Center Platform
WMATA, DC
Arrivals & departures
Next ~4 hours. Live trip updates from the operator's GTFS-RT feed where available; schedule-based otherwise. Delays surface as a red chip when the feed reports them.
- WMATA 11969619_20726Arr 4:32:20 AMscheduledOn time
Plan your visit
Hotels and rail experiences nearby. Links earn us a small referral — we only surface partners we'd use ourselves.
Gear up
The starter kit serious railfans wish they'd bought day one. Each link earns us a small Amazon Associates referral — we only list gear we'd actually carry.
Weatherproof pages that take pen ink in rain or sweat. Log road numbers, consist notes, observed times — you'll want them in your logbook later. The No. 311 is the original yellow tagboard model — the most popular field notebook in history; the same one surveyors and biologists carry. ($10-$15)
Affiliate · Amazon
A 70-200 or 100-400 at full reach gets shaky after a few minutes of waiting. Carbon-fiber monopod folds to ~16in and weighs nothing. Worth its price the first time you nail a 1/250s shot of a stopped train. ($40-$80)
Affiliate · Amazon
Scanner audio is unlistenable next to a passing freight without an earpiece. Standard 3.5mm right-angle plug fits the Uniden + Baofeng. Adds zero bulk to your kit. ($10-$15)
Affiliate · Amazon
Nearby railfan spots
Curated viewing locations within 7 miles of this station.
- Brookland-CUA — Red Line + CSX0.0 miWashington · station · good
- New York Avenue NE — Red Line + CSX overpass1.8 miWashington · overlook · good
- Union Station — Amtrak platform area (ticketed)2.5 miWashington · station · good
- Union Station — main hall and concourse2.6 miWashington · station · good
- L'Enfant Plaza — VRE / MARC platform3.7 miWashington · station · good
- Anacostia — CSX freight overlook from Anacostia Park4.2 miWashington · park · caution
- Long Bridge view from Hains Point5.1 miWashington · overlook · good
- New Carrollton Station6.7 miNew Carrollton · station · good
Nearby community sightings
Within 7 miles, last 24 hours. Community-reported.
No recent sightings nearby
Be the first — log a sighting from this station's vicinity.