Fort Totten station is part of the 20 million passenger stop Washington Metro and was part of a 36 month trial, being made permanent in 2008.
In June 2008, Metro set a monthly ridership record with 19,729,641 trips, or 798,456 per weekday. On December 31, 2006, as part of an 18-month trial, WMATA decided to extend the Yellow Line north of its original terminus at the Mount Vernon Square Metro Station, to the Fort Totten Metro Station, at all other times other than during weekday rush hour/peak period commuter times. 
