Rosslyn station

Rosslyn
A Blue Line train at Rosslyn station in April 2005
General information
Location1850 North Moore Street
Rosslyn, Virginia
Coordinates38°53′46″N 77°04′19″W / 38.896031°N 77.071846°W / 38.896031; -77.071846
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms2 split platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks2 (1 on each level)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth103 feet (31 m) (upper level)
117 feet (36 m) (lower level)[1][2][3]
Platform levels2
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 20 racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeC05
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1977; 47 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Passengers
20235,941 daily[4]
Rank11 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Court House
toward Vienna
Orange Line Foggy Bottom–GWU
Court House
toward Ashburn
Silver Line Foggy Bottom–GWU
Arlington Cemetery Blue Line
Location
Map

Rosslyn station /ˈrɒzlɪn/ is the westernmost station on the shared segment of the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines of the Washington Metro. It is located in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. Rosslyn is the first station in Virginia heading westward from Washington, D.C. on the Orange and Silver Lines and southward on the Blue Line. It is one of four interchange points on the Metrorail system west of the Potomac River and located in a growing business district.

Averaging 5,941 daily tapped entries in 2023, Rosslyn is the 11th-busiest station in the Metro system and the busiest station located outside of Washington, D.C.[4] Rosslyn is the biggest choke point of the Metro system. Due to this, planners are considering adding another station in the Rosslyn neighborhood, possibly as part of an inner loop through Washington and Arlington.[5]

  1. ^ Darling, Lynn (July 3, 1977). "An Effect of Metro". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (August 1983). Metrorail Station Area Planning: A Metrorail before-and-After Study Report (PDF). p. 72. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Rosslyn Magazine: Discover A New Horizon, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Summer 2006, p. 21.
  4. ^ a b "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Metro considers building 'inner loop' of new stations to ease congestion in system's core". The Washington Post.