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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Same reason Olney doesn’t have one: deemed too far flung and the locals didn’t want the riff raff.

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It's not hard to imagine how Olney could have a Metro station. Metro could continue north along Georgia Avenue, aboveground in the median, from Glenmont. I don't know if the Metro planners thought of this, though. Olney is way, way out. Also then downtown Olney would have consisted mostly of parking lots. Although actually downtown Olney consists mostly of parking lots even without a Metro station, so maybe there wouldn't be a big difference?

It's very hard to imagine how Potomac could have a Metro station.[/quote]

I doubt Olney will ever get a Metro station but geographically it would at least make sense as you could extend the Red Line from Glenmont in a rational straight line along an existing corridor that has a lot of people and traffic - not arguing for that but geographically it could make sense.

Potomac on the other hand isn't aligned with any Metro lines and a new line out there would not serve any areas dense enough to justify a Metro line.[/quote]

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