Eisenhower Avenue station

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Eisenhower Avenue station is a rapid transit station on the Yellow Line of the Washington Metro in Alexandria, Virginia. It opened on December 17, 1983.

Location

The station is located at Eisenhower Avenue near Stovall Street, next to the Capital Beltway and the Hoffman Town Center entertainment complex. The station provides connections to Metro's REX (Richmond Highway Express) bus service and the DASH bus service run by the city of Alexandria.

Notable places nearby

Albert V. Bryan US Courthouse
American Trucking Association
Capital Beltway
National Science Foundation
Strayer University (Alexandria Campus)
United States Patent and Trademark Office

History

Originally scheduled to open in summer 1982, its opening was delayed due to both unavailability of new subway cars and the lack of a test track.<ref name="January 30, 1981">Template:Cite news</ref> Construction of the station was complete by summer 1982,<ref name="September 22, 1982">Template:Cite news</ref> and in September 1983 Metro announced the station would open that December as the new cars would be ready for service.<ref name="September 21, 1983">Template:Cite news</ref> The station opened on December 17, 1983.<ref name="December 20, 1983">Template:Cite news</ref> Its opening coincided with the completion of Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> of rail between the Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata stations and the opening of the Template:Wmata, Huntington, and Template:Wmata stations.<ref name="December 20, 1983" />

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The Blue and Yellow Lines south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station, including the Eisenhower Avenue station, would be closed from May to September 2019, during which the platforms at this station would be rebuilt.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Between September 10, 2022, and November 5, 2022, Eisenhower Avenue was closed due to the Potomac Yard station tie-in, closing all stations south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station. Shuttle buses were provided throughout the shutdown.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Additionally, beginning on November 6, 2022, Blue Line trains began serving Eisenhower Avenue due to the suspension of the Yellow Line from the 14th Street Bridge project. Trains operated between Huntington and Template:Wmata stations<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> until May 7, 2023, when service on the Yellow Line resumed but truncated from its northeastern terminus from Template:Wmata to Template:Wmata.<ref name="yellowreopen">Template:Cite news</ref>

Station layout

Eisenhower Avenue station is one of only two elevated side-platformed stations in the Metro system (the other being Template:Wmata). Access to each platform is provided by a pair of escalators and an elevator. It is also one of only two stations that are serviced exclusively by the Yellow Line, the other being Template:Wmata.

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	Southbound	← Template:WMATA icon toward Template:Wmata Template:Small
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S	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, fare gates, ticket machines, station manager