Court House station
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Court House station is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Courthouse neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. The station was opened on December 1, 1979, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Weekday ridership is approximately 7,000 passengers per day.[1] The station serves the Orange and Silver Lines.
Location
As the name implies, the station is located near the Arlington County government and court complex, with its main entrance at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and Uhle Street.
History
The station opened on December 1, 1979.[2] Its opening coincided with the completion of approximately Script error: No such module "convert". of rail west of the Rosslyn station and the opening of the Clarendon, Virginia Square and Ballston stations.[2] Presently, there are long-range plans to create a new entrance for the station at its western end. These plans envision an elevator that would connect the western end of the platform to a location near the corner of Clarendon Boulevard and Barton Street.
Station layout
This station is the third deepest station on the Orange and Silver Lines behind L'Enfant Plaza and Rosslyn. Its platforms are located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". below street level.[3] Similar to most Red Line stations north of Cleveland Park, Court House contains an upper underpass mezzanine Script error: No such module "convert". below the street level. A long bank of escalators connects the upper mezzanine to the lower mezzanine. The platforms are located below the mezzanine.
A knockout panel exists on the far end of the station vault to allow construction of a second mezzanine and series of exits in the future.
Court House is one of the few Washington Metro stations outside the Red Line that contain deep-bored, elliptical escalator banks. Unlike most Metro stations, Court House station has four exits.
References
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External links
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Court House Station
- Uhle Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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- Stations on the Orange Line (Washington Metro)
- Stations on the Silver Line (Washington Metro)
- Transportation in Arlington County, Virginia
- Washington Metro stations in Virginia
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1979
- 1979 establishments in Virginia