Eisenhower Avenue
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rapid transit station | |||||||||||||||
View southbound towards Huntington
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Location | 2400 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, VA 22314 |
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Owned by | WMATA | ||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Metrobus: NH2 Richmond Highway Express DASH: AT1, AT6, AT7 |
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 10 racks, 6 lockers | ||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | C14 | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 17, 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2016) | 1,591 daily 9.45% | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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. Construction of the station was complete by summer 1982, and in September 1983 Metro announced the station would open that December as the new cars would be ready for service. The station opened on December 17, 1983. Its opening coincided with the completion of 4.2 miles (6.8 km) of rail between the National Airport and Huntington stations and the opening of the Braddock Road, Huntington, and King Street–Old Town stations.
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.