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East Falls Church is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Arlington, Virginia on the Orange and Silver Lines. East Falls Church station is the last aboveground, at grade, or open cut station for eastbound trains. East of this station, the trains heading toward downtown DC descend underground, therefore leaving the median of I-66 and entering subway mode.

East Falls Church
General information
Location	2001 North Sycamore Street, Arlington, Virginia
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Bus stands	4
Connections	Metrobus: 2A, 3F, 3Y, 26A, 28A Arlington Transit: 52, 53, 55 Fairfax Connector: 715, 803 Washington & Old Dominion Trail
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	422 spaces
Bicycle facilities	12 racks, 6 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	K05
History
Opened	June 7, 1986; 36 years ago (June 7, 1986)
Rebuilt	2020
Passengers
2021	750 daily[1] (70th)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station West Falls Church toward Vienna Orange Line Ballston–MU toward New Carrollton McLean toward Wiehle–Reston East Silver Line Ballston–MU toward Downtown Largo

The station serves the communities of Falls Church and Arlington, Virginia and is located in the median of Interstate 66 near Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29). Service began on June 7, 1986. East Falls Church has a parking lot with 422 spaces on the Lee Highway side of the station.

Transit-oriented development

Of the six stations on the Orange Line in Arlington, East Falls Church has the least transit-oriented development. Unlike the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, East Falls Church station is located in the median of Interstate 66, posing pedestrian access issues.[2] Arlington County is currently considering plans to develop the site.[3]

History

The station opened on June 7, 1986, as part of the final westward extension of the Orange Line to Vienna.[4] Its opening coincided with the completion of 9.1 miles (14.6 km) of rail west of the Ballston station and the opening of the West Falls Church, Dunn Loring, and Vienna stations.[4]

The Silver Line began service on July 26, 2014, resulting in East Falls Church becoming the final transfer point before its split with the Orange Line.[5]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platform at the East Falls Church station would be rebuilt starting in early 2021.[6] However, due to low ridership caused by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, platform reconstruction began one year early, and is currently under construction along with other maintenance and repair projects on all stations to the west.[7]

This station was one of 19 WMATA stations closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[8][9] The station was further closed due to the platform reconstruction and Silver Line phase two tie-in projects which closed stations west of Ballston–MU station.[10][7] Shuttle buses began serving the station on June 28, 2020.[11] Trains began bypassing the station on August 16, 2020 when work was nearly done. The station was reopened on August 23, 2020.[12]

Station layout

Similar to all stations within the Interstate 66 median apart from West Falls Church, East Falls Church utilizes a simple island platform setup with two tracks. There is an exit in the central part of the platform that leads to a mezzanine on the western side of North Sycamore Street. The station's parking lot and bus bays are located to the north of this exit at the southwestern corner of the intersection of North Sycamore Street and North Washington Boulevard.[2]

P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Wiehle–Reston East (McLean) ← toward Vienna (West Falls Church)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Downtown Largo (Ballston–MU) → → toward New Carrollton (Ballston–MU) →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, parking

References

External links

• Media related to East Falls Church (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• WMATA East Falls Church station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: East Falls Church Station
• Sycamore Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

На других языках

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[ru] Ист-Фолс-Чёрч

Ист-Фолс-Чёрч (англ. East Falls Church) — наземная открытая пересадочная станция Вашингтонгского метро на Оранжевой и Серебряной[1] линиях. Она представлена одной островной платформами. Станция обслуживается Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority[en]. Расположена в независимом городе Фолс-Чёрч[2] и округе Арлингтон на пересечении межштатной автомагистрали №66, Норт-Сикэмо-стрит и Рузвельт-Булевад. Пассажиропоток — 2,384 млн человек (на 2007 год)[3].

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