Navy Yard Metro stop ready for Nationals opening day

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Workers were wiring fare boxes and laying paver tiles with a sense of urgency Thursday at the Navy Yard Metrorail station. The station’s dramatically expanded west entrance – which will serve as Metro’s primary gateway to Nationals Park – is scheduled to open a week from today after 15 months of construction.

More than 24,000 people are expected to swarm the Green Line station two days later for the Nationals Sunday home opener.

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