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Location | 2100 Wilson Boulevard Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°53′29″N77°05′06″W / 38.89134°N 77.084965°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Depth | 80 feet (24 m) [1] | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Capital Bikeshare, 25 racks | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | K01 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 1, 1979 | |||||||||||||||
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2023 | 2,921 daily [2] | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 31 out of 98 | |||||||||||||||
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Court House station is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Courthouse neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. 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. [3] The station serves the Orange and Silver Lines.
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.
The station opened on December 1, 1979. [4] 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. [4] 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.
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