Eisenhower Avenue is a

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on the Yellow Line of the

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. It opened on December 17, 1983.

Location

The station is located at Eisenhower Avenue near Stovall Street, next to the

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and the Hoffman Town Center entertainment complex. The station provides connections to Metro's REX (Richmond Highway Express) bus service and the

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bus service run by the city of Alexandria.

Notable places nearby

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History

Originally scheduled to open in summer 1982, its opening was delayed due to both unavailability of new subway cars and the lack of a test track. Construction of the station was complete by summer 1982, and in September 1983 Metro announced the station would open that December as the new cars would be ready for service. The station opened on December 17, 1983. Its opening coincided with the completion of of rail between the and stations and the opening of the , Huntington, and stations. In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The Blue and Yellow Lines south of

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, including the Eisenhower Avenue station, would be closed from May to September 2019, during which the platforms at this station would be rebuilt. From March 26, 2020 until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the

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. Between September 10, 2022 and November 5, 2022, Eisenhower Avenue was closed due to the

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tie-in, closing all stations south of

. Shuttle buses were provided throughout the shutdown. Additionally, beginning on November 6, 2022, Blue Line trains began serving Eisenhower Avenue due to the suspension of the Yellow Line from the 14th Street Bridge project. Trains operated between Huntington and stations.

Station layout

Eisenhower Avenue station is one of only two

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stations in the Metro system, with the other being . Access to each platform is provided by a pair of

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and an

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. It is also one of only two stations that are serviced exclusively by the Yellow Line, the other being .

References

External links

* * The Schumin Web Transit Center
Eisenhower Avenue Station

Station from Google Maps Street View
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