Court House station is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Courthouse neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, United States. 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. The station serves the Orange and Silver Lines.
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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.
Maps Court House station
History
The station opened on December 1, 1979. Its opening coincided with the completion of approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) 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 rather deep - it is the second deepest station on the Orange Line after Rosslyn, and is located 75 feet (22.86 m) below street level. Similar to most Red Line north of Cleveland Park, Court House contains an upper underpass mezzanine 15 feet (4.57 m) below the street level. A long bank of escalators, with a length of 90 feet (27.43 m) and a vertical rise of 45 feet (13.72 m) connects the upper mezzanine to the lower mezzanine. The platforms are located 15 feet below that.
Court House and Rosslyn are the only two DC metro stations outside the Red Line that contain deep-bored, elliptical escalator banks.
References
External links
Media related to Court House (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- WMATA: Court House Station
- StationMasters Online: Court House Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Court House Station
- Uhle Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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