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Van Dorn Street station

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Owned by
  
WMATA

Parking
  
361 spaces

Phone
  
+1 202-637-7000

Tracks
  
2

Structure type
  
Embankment

Opened
  
15 June 1991

Platforms in use
  
1

Van Dorn Street station

Location
  
5690 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, VA 22310

Line(s)
  
Blue Line Yellow Line (rush only)

Connections
  
DASH: AT1, AT5, AT7, AT8 Fairfax Connector: 109, 231, 232, 321, 322 Metrobus: 25B

Address
  
5690 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22310, USA

Owner
  
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Similar
  
Franconia–Springfield station, Braddock Road station, King Street–Old Town stat, Pentagon City station, Largo Town Center st

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Van Dorn Street is a Washington Metro station straddling the boundary between Fairfax County and the independent city of Alexandria in Virginia, United States. The station’s island platform lies in unincorporated Rose Hill in Fairfax County, while the station’s entrance and parking facilities are in Alexandria. The station was opened on June 15, 1991, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue Line, the station is located at South Van Dorn Street and Eisenhower Avenue, next to the Capital Beltway. From 1991 to 1997 it was the southwestern terminus of the Blue Line.

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In June 1977, the city of Alexandria, Southern Railway, and the United Parcel Service reached an agreement allowing for Metro to retain the air rights for the construction of the Van Dorn station when funding became available. After years of planning, in March 1987 Metro awarded a $32.3 million contract to complete the station by 1991 to Dillingham Construction of Pleasanton, California. Originally slated to be part of the Yellow Line, in early 1990 it was decided Van Dorn would be served by the Blue Line with the Yellow Line being shifted to the Huntington station. The station opened on June 15, 1991, with the completion of 3.9 miles (6.3 km) of rail west of the King Street – Old Town station. Van Dorn Street would remain as the southwestern terminus of the Blue Line from its completion through the opening of the Franconia–Springfield station on June 29, 1997.

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References

Van Dorn Street station Wikipedia