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Location | Idylwood, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°54′03″N 77°11′20″W / 38.9007928°N 77.1889651°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | 2,009 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Capital Bikeshare, 40 racks, 22 lockers | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Station code | K06 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 7, 1986 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2020 | ||||||||||
Previous names | West Falls Church (1986–1999, 2011–2022) West Falls Church–VT/UVA (1999–2011) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023 | 950 daily[1] | ||||||||||
Rank | 83 out of 98 | ||||||||||
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West Falls Church station is a Washington Metro station in Idylwood, Virginia on the Orange Line, the first station inside the Capital Beltway on the Orange Line going east. It is one of only two stations in the system to have three tracks, the other being the National Airport station. The center track is used for storage and relaying trains to the adjacent Falls Church Yard.