Eisenhower Avenue station
Eisenhower Avenue is a rapid transit station on the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in Alexandria, Virginia. Opened on December 17, 1983
Location
The station is located at Eisenhower Avenue near Stovall Street, next to the Capital Beltway and the Hoffman Town Center entertainment complex. The station provides connections to Metro's REX (Richmond Highway Express) bus service and the DASH bus service run by the city of Alexandria.
Notable places nearby
- Albert V. Bryan US Courthouse
- American Trucking Association
- Capital Beltway
- National Science Foundation
- Strayer University (Alexandria Campus)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
History
Originally scheduled to open in summer 1982, its opening was delayed due to both unavailability of new subway cars and the lack of a test track.[2] Construction of the station was complete by summer 1982,[3] and in September 1983 Metro announced the station would open that December as the new cars would be ready for service.[4] The station opened on December 17, 1983.[5] Its opening coincided with the completion of 4.2 miles (6.8 km)[6] of rail between the National Airport and Huntington stations and the opening of the Braddock Road, Huntington, and King Street–Old Town stations.[5]
Station layout
Eisenhower Avenue station is one of only two elevated side-platform stations in the system, with the other being West Hyattsville. Access to each platform is provided by a pair of escalators and an elevator. It is also one of only two stations that is serviced exclusively by the Yellow Line, the other being Huntington.
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Southbound | ←  toward Huntington (Terminus)
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| Northbound | → toward Mount Vernon Square or Fort Totten (King Street–Old Town) →
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| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
References
- ^ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Feaver, Douglas B. (January 30, 1981). "Status of future Metro openings". The Washington Post. p. C5.
- ^ Battiata, Mary (September 22, 1982). "Alexandria angered by delays in opening of subway". The Washington Post. p. VA1.
- ^ Lynton, Stephen J. (September 21, 1983). "Metro panel approves plan for December Yellow Line opening". The Washington Post. p. C4.
- ^ a b Burgess, John (December 20, 1983). "Yellow Line trains run smoothly as new stations get first test". The Washington Post. p. C3.
- ^ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
External links
Media related to Eisenhower Avenue (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- WMATA: Eisenhower Avenue Station
- StationMasters Online: Eisenhower Avenue Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Eisenhower Avenue Station
- Station from Google Maps Street View
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