The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, the station is located in a residential area near the intersection of Benning Road and East Capitol Street.

[2] In December 2012, Benning Road was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the Stadium–Armory station, but was extended into Prince George's County, Maryland, to the Largo Town Center station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line, now known as Downtown Largo) due to safety concerns about a pocket track just east of Stadium–Armory.

[4] The station features the 22-coffer "waffle" ceiling vault design among Capitol Heights, Federal Center SW, Navy Yard–Ballpark, Shaw-Howard University, and U Street.

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