Eisenhower Avenue station

Eisenhower Avenue is a rapid transit station on the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in Alexandria, Virginia. It opened on December 17, 1983.

Eisenhower Avenue
rapid transit station
View southbound towards Huntington
Location2400 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia
Owned byWMATA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: NH2
Richmond Highway Express
DASH: AT1, AT6, AT7
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilities10 racks, 6 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeC14
History
OpenedDecember 17, 1983 (1983-12-17)
Rebuilt2019
Traffic
Passengers (2016)1,591 daily [1]  9.45%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Huntington
Terminus
 Yellow Line King Street–Old Town
toward Greenbelt
Location
Eisenhower Avenue
Location within Alexandria

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

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]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The Blue and Yellow Lines south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station, including the Eisenhower Avenue station, would be closed from May to September 2019, during which the platforms at this station would be rebuilt.[7][8]

From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[9][10][11]

Station layout

Eisenhower Avenue station is one of only two elevated side-platformed stations in the Metro 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 are serviced exclusively by the Yellow Line, the other being Huntington.

P
Platform level		 Side platform
Southbound ← toward Huntington (Terminus)
Northbound → toward Greenbelt (King Street–Old Town) →
Side platform
G Street level Exit/entrance, buses, fare control, ticket machines, station agent

References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  2. Feaver, Douglas B. (January 30, 1981). "Status of future Metro openings". The Washington Post. p. C5.
  3. Battiata, Mary (September 22, 1982). "Alexandria angered by delays in opening of subway". The Washington Post. p. VA1.
  4. Lynton, Stephen J. (September 21, 1983). "Metro panel approves plan for December Yellow Line opening". The Washington Post. p. C4.
  5. Burgess, John (December 20, 1983). "Yellow Line trains run smoothly as new stations get first test". The Washington Post. p. C3.
  6. "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  7. "Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions". Washington Post. May 7, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. "Metro plans 'summer shutdown' on Blue, Yellow lines next year". WTOP. May 7, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  9. "Special Covid-19 System Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  10. "Metrorail stations closed due to COVID-19 pandemic". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  11. "Metro to reopen 15 stations, reallocate bus service to address crowding, starting Sunday | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

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