How safe is the metro around 11:00pm?
 

I'm traveling with my kids to DC for the 4th of July week. We would like to do the night tour. I'm a single mother and would like to know if the train are safe after 10:00PM. The tourmobile and the trolley do not drop off at the hotels. The metro ride will be from Union Station to Arlington on a weekday. We have done the subway in NYC after 10Pm and we felt safe and comfortable. We are looking forward to our first visit to the beautiful DC area.

Thanks

There will be plenty of other folks (locals and other tourists) traveling along with you. Just take the usual precautions...

The Metro will be fine after 10PM tho there may be some homeless people lurking about near the metro entrance at Union Station.

I don't think I've seen more security anywhere than on the Metro system. While I often see panhandlers near Union Station, they've never been aggressive. If it's Rosslyn station you're going to in Arlington, that's a safe area too.

There will be so many other tourists around that week, it will feel like it's 11 AM!

If you felt safe in NYC, you will definitely feel fine on Metro.

you can always bring a dirty diaper to make it smell more like the NYC subway at night :)

Thank you everyone for your feedback. Repete, you are very funny:-) I will for sure buy the tickets to the night tour. WOW....I'm so excited!!!!

I wouldn't worry about it. I took the red line after 10 pm one evening on a weeknight, and the scariest part was walking to the metro entrance (and it wasn't really all that scary). Also, given that the 4th of July is usually a very crowded time in the District, you'll have lots of company.

Enjoy Washington, it's a neat place!!!

The Washington Metro is safe. My only word of caution is that at some of the large parking lots (ie. New Carrollton) I would not prefer to park too far away from the train station.