East Glebe station explained

East Glebe
Address:East Glebe Road
Alexandria, Virginia
Owned:WMATA
Operator:Metrobus
Platform:2 side platforms
Bus Operators:WMATA
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East Glebe is a bus rapid transit station in Alexandria, Virginia, located on Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) between East Glebe Road and Hume Avenue. It is a stop on the portion of dedicated bus-only highway along the Metroway bus rapid transit line, providing two-way service along the route. The station provides service to the central Potomac Yard and Potomac communities in Alexandria.

The southbound station is located at the northern end of the busway that runs down the median of Richmond Highway, but the northern station is in mixed-traffic on East Glebe Road, one block east at Main Line Boulevard.

History

East Glebe opened to the public as one of the original Metroway stations; the station opened for service on August 24, 2014.[1]

Station layout

This diagram shows the layout of the station in the median busway.

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Platform level
Southbound← toward Braddock Road (Swann)
Northbound does not stop here →

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metroway premium transit service starting this summer . WMATA . 25 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815052153/http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5738 . 15 August 2016 .