Rosslyn station

Rosslyn station /ˈrɒzlɪn/ is the westernmost station on the shared segment of the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines of the Washington Metro. It is located in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, United States. Rosslyn is the first station in Virginia heading westward from the District on the Orange and Silver Lines and southward on the Blue Line. It is one of four interchange points on the Metrorail system west of the Potomac River and located in a growing business district.

Rosslyn
General information
Location1850 North Moore Street
Rosslyn, Virginia
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms2 split platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks2 (1 on each level)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth103 feet (31 m) (upper level)
117 feet (36 m) (lower level)[1][2][3]
Platform levels2
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 20 racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeC05
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1977 (July 1, 1977)
Passengers
20223,979 daily[4]
Rank13th
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Court House
toward Vienna
 Orange Line Foggy Bottom–GWU
toward New Carrollton
Court House
toward Ashburn
 Silver Line Foggy Bottom–GWU
toward Downtown Largo
Arlington Cemetery
toward Franconia–Springfield
 Blue Line
Location

Depending on the year, Rosslyn is the busiest, or one of the busiest stations outside the District of Columbia, along with Pentagon City and Pentagon, which are also in Arlington, and Silver Spring and Shady Grove in Montgomery County, Maryland. Rosslyn is the biggest choke point of the Metro system. Due to this, planners are considering adding another station in the Rosslyn neighborhood, possibly as part of an inner loop through Washington and Arlington.[5]

Location

The station has entrances on the west side of North Moore Street between Wilson Boulevard and 19th Street North and on the east side of Fort Myer Drive between Wilson Boulevard and 19th Street North. A bank of three high-speed street elevators to the mezzanine (upper) level of the station is on the east side of North Moore Street, across the street from the station entrance. The station is a stop for several express Metrobus lines.

History

The station opened on July 1, 1977.[6] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[7] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Potomac Avenue, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations.[8] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.[9]

Station layout

Rosslyn is one of two stations (the other being the Pentagon station) at which trains going one direction are boarded on a different station level than trains going the other direction, as a way to prevent an at-grade crossing. This is because the Orange/Silver and Blue lines split apart an extremely short distance from the station.[10] This ensures that no trains traveling in opposite directions share a track.[11]

Rosslyn is the deepest station on the three lines servicing it. The mezzanine and upper platform are 103 feet (31 m) below the Fort Myer Drive street-level entrance; the lower platform is 117 feet (36 m) below the entrance.[12][13][14] This is because its neighborhood is on a bluff over the Potomac River, while its shared rail line into Washington passes through a rock-bored tunnel up to 101 feet (31 m)[15] beneath the river surface. The station's depth also takes advantage of the strength and watertightness of the bedrock 40 feet (12 m) below the surface.[16] An escalator ride between the street and mezzanine levels takes about three minutes.[17]

It is one of nine stations on the Metro with platform-level fare gates and elevators (the other eight being the Arlington Cemetery, Ballston-MU, Gallery Place, Judiciary Square, Pentagon, Smithsonian (eastbound only), Takoma, and Tenleytown–AU stations). A new bank of three high-speed elevators and an expanded mezzanine opened officially on October 7, 2013.[18] It replaces the original single street elevator, cutting elevator transit time from about a minute to about 17 seconds. The separate accessible and general entrances are a relative rarity in the Washington Metro system; only Takoma and Tenleytown-AU stations share this feature. The underground hallway to the new elevator bank contains a four-coffered arch like most underground stops on the Red Line that were opened after 1980. This is the only stop on the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines with this arch. It is also the only stop in the system that contains both the waffle and four-coffer arch design.

An indicator sign at the south end of the station flashes to inform passengers of the arriving train's destination, showing Orange for Vienna, Blue for Franconia-Springfield, and Silver for Ashburn. This feature is only used at final transfer stations; another example being Stadium-Armory.

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
B1 Mezzanine Fare control, ticket machines, station agent
B2 Side platform
Eastbound ←   toward Downtown Largo (Foggy Bottom–GWU) →
← toward New Carrollton (Foggy Bottom–GWU) →
B3 Westbound ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Arlington Cemetery)
← toward Ashburn (Court House)
← toward Vienna/Fairfax–GMU (Court House)
Side platform

Notable places nearby
  • The escalator to street level at the Rosslyn Metro station is the fifth longest continuous span escalator in the D.C. metro system.
    The escalator to street level at the Rosslyn Metro station is the fifth longest continuous span escalator in the D.C. metro system.[19]
  • The upper level platform which provides service inbound to Washington D.C.
    The upper level platform which provides service inbound to Washington D.C.
  • New expanded mezzanine at Rosslyn station. Note the use of the newer four-coffered arch design.
    New expanded mezzanine at Rosslyn station. Note the use of the newer four-coffered arch design.

References
  1. Darling, Lynn (July 3, 1977). "An Effect of Metro". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (August 1983). Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report (PDF). p. 72. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  3. Rosslyn Magazine: Discover A New Horizon, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer 2006, p. 21.
  4. "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  5. "Metro considers building 'inner loop' of new stations to ease congestion in system's core". The Washington Post.
  6. Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
  7. "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). WMATA. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  8. Staff Reporters (June 24, 1977), "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post
  9. Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
  10. "Rosslyn Station New Entrance Study" (PDF). WMATA. March 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2009.
  11. Eisen, Jack (January 7, 1977). "Metro Trip Hits a Low Point: New Line Under Potomac Dips 97 Feet at Rosslyn Metro Line Under River Dips 97 Feet at Rosslyn". The Washington Post. ProQuest 146833987. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  12. Rosslyn Magazine: Discover A New Horizon, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer 2006, p. 21.
  13. Darling, Lynn (July 3, 1977). "An Effect of Metro". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  14. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (August 1983). Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report (PDF). p. 72. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  15. Eisen, Jack (January 7, 1977). "Metro Trip Hits a Low Point: New Line Under Potomac Dips 97 Feet at Rosslyn Metro Line Under River Dips 97 Feet at Rosslyn". The Washington Post. ProQuest 146833987. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  16. Darling, Lynn (July 3, 1977). "An Effect of Metro". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  17. Rosslyn Magazine: Discover A New Horizon, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer 2006, p. 21.
  18. Arlington County news release 10/7/2013
  19. Johnson, Matt. "What are the Ten Longest Metro Escalators?". Greater Greater Washington, July 8, 2014. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/23038/what-are-the-10-longest-metro-escalators
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