Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced in a Thursday press release that the change in the station’s name from White Flint to North Bethesda was one of five station name changes that would take effect over the weekend. Above it was a white sign in black letters that said “North Bethesda formerly White Flint.” On Monday morning, a new brown sign on the outside of the Metro station at 5500 Marinelli Road read “North Bethesda Station” in white letters. So much so that in the spring of 2021, a group of residents and business owners in the community asked that the station be renamed “North Bethesda,” and County Executive Marc Elrich wrote to WMATA formally requesting the change. The “North Bethesda” nomenclature has slowly come into more common usage to describe the geographic region that encompasses the portion of Rockville Pike near the mixed-use development Pike & Rose, and the former White Flint mall site. It also notes that physical station signage has undergone “some changes” and that completing the process requires fabrication and installation. Static maps will gradually be updated, it said. Ian Jannetta, a WMATA spokesman, wrote in an email to Bethesda Beat on Monday that physical signage such as pylons will be changed as new signs are fabricated, and static maps will be updated gradually after other stations in the system, such as the new Silver Line stations and the Potomac Yard station in Virginia, open for service.Īccording to the press release, customers will see immediate changes on digital maps in rail stations, on bus displays and on WMATA’s website. One weekend, seven violent crimes in MoCo
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