Eisenhower Avenue station

Eisenhower Avenue
Washington Metro rapid transit station
View southbound towards Huntington
Location	2400 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, VA 22314
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)	Yellow Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: NH2 Richmond Highway Express DASH: AT1, AT6, AT7
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	10 racks, 6 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	C14
History
Opened	December 17, 1983
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1757 daily [1]  8.44%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Huntington Terminus Yellow Line Mount Vernon Square-Huntington weekdays rush hours service King Street – Old Town toward Mount Vernon Square Yellow Line Not on weekdays rush hours King Street – Old Town toward Fort Totten
Location

Eisenhower Avenue is a rapid transit station on the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in Alexandria, Virginia. Opened on December 17, 1983, it is the southernmost stop in 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

• Albert V. Bryan US Courthouse
• American Trucking Association
• Capital Beltway
• 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 National Airport and Huntington and the opening of the Braddock Road, Huntington and King Street – Old Town stations.^[5]

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← Yellow Line toward Huntington (Terminus)
	Northbound	→ Yellow Line toward Fort Totten (King Street – Old Town) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

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.

References

1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
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. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2010.

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

Coordinates: 38°48′01″N 77°04′16″W / 38.800383°N 77.07109°W