Potomac Yard VT   | ||||||||||||||||
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 The station's platform on opening day | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 3001 Potomac Avenue (South Pavilion) 3201 University Drive (North Pavilion) Alexandria, Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°50′00″N 77°02′47″W / 38.83335°N 77.04635°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 17 racks | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | C11 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 19, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1,002 daily[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 81 out of 98 | |||||||||||||||
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Potomac Yard station is a Washington Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), serving both the Blue and Yellow Lines, and opened on May 19, 2023.[2] It is located at Alexandria's 7.5-million-square-foot (700,000 m2) Potomac Yard mixed-use development bounded by Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) and the George Washington Memorial Parkway.[3][4] It is the second infill station to be added to the Washington Metro system, after NoMa–Gallaudet U in 2004.[5][6] It was constructed on the site of Potomac Yard, a former railroad freight yard.
- ^ "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ Laris, Michael (May 19, 2023). "Potomac Yard Metro station, decades in the making, opens in Alexandria". Washington Post. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ Goodman, Christy (December 23, 2010), "Potomac Yard Metro funding approved", The Washington Post, retrieved December 28, 2010
- ^ Potomac Yards Scoping Book
- ^ Tuss, Adam (February 17, 2009). "Metro at Potomac Yard?". WTOP. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (February 17, 2009), "Alexandria looks into building new Metro station", News & Messenger, archived from the original on July 27, 2011, retrieved December 30, 2010