Court House station explained

Court House
Style:WMATA
Symbol:orange
Symbol2:silver
Symbol Location:washington
Address:2100 Wilson Boulevard
Borough:Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates:38.8913°N -77.085°W
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Depth:[1]
Bicycle:Capital Bikeshare, 25 racks
Passengers:2,921 daily[2]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:31 out of 98
Accessible:Yes
Code:K01
Owned:Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

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.[3] 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.[4] Its opening coincided with the completion of approximately 3miles of rail west of the Rosslyn station and the opening of the Clarendon, Virginia Square and Ballston stations. 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 80feet below street level.[5] Similar to most Red Line north of Cleveland Park, Court House contains an upper underpass mezzanine 20feet below the street level. A long bank of escalators connects the upper mezzanine to the lower mezzanine. The platforms are located below the mezzanine.

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments . Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report . August 1983 . 72 . 6 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Metrorail Ridership Summary . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . February 8, 2024.
  3. Web site: Metrorail Ridership by Station by Month, 2010-2015 . March 24, 2016 . WMATA.
  4. News: Area celebrates extension of Metrorail in Arlington . Feaver . Douglas B. . December 2, 1979 . The Washington Post . Sandra G. Boodman . C1.
  5. Book: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments . Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report . August 1983 . 72 . 6 February 2021.