Spring Hill station

Spring Hill Silver Line

Platform of Spring Hill station
Location 1576 Spring Hill Road
Tysons Corner, Virginia
Coordinates 38°55′45″N 77°14′31″W / 38.92917°N 77.24194°W / 38.92917; -77.24194Coordinates: 38°55′45″N 77°14′31″W / 38.92917°N 77.24194°W / 38.92917; -77.24194
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) Silver Line Silver Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Fairfax Connector: 423, 424, 432, 493, 494, 495, 574, 724
Loudoun County Transit
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Other information
Station code N04
History
Opened July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 1,406 daily [2]
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Terminus
Silver Line
Exterior of Spring Hill station from the south side in February 2014

Spring Hill (preliminary names Tysons West, Tysons–Spring Hill Road)[3][4] is a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia, on the Silver Line. Located in Tysons Corner, it began operation on July 26, 2014. The station is located in the central median of Leesburg Pike (SR 7) just west of Spring Hill Road.

There had been some controversy about whether to build the rail through Tysons Corner below ground or on elevated tracks. The efforts to build a tunnel through all of Tysons Corner failed, and the current design has the main platform with a height of 48 feet (15 m) at its east end and 51 feet (16 m) at its west end.[5]

The station is about 5.8 miles (9.3 km) from Wiehle–Reston East, the next station to the west, but only about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) from Greensboro directly to the southeast.

Station layout

P
Platform level
Westbound Silver Line Silver Line toward Wiehle–Reston East (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound Silver Line Silver Line toward Largo Town Center (Greensboro)
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

Station facilities

References

  1. "Completion date on Silver Line pushed back again". WTOP. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  2. "2015 Historical Metrorail Ridership" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  3. "Board of Supervisors Approves Proposed Silver Line Station Names". April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  4. Hosh, Kafia (March 29, 2011). "Fairfax OKs names for new Metrorail stations". Washington Post. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  5. "DCMP Station Heights Actual". WMAA. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
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