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Rosslyn is a Washington Metro station in the business district of Rosslyn, in Arlington County, Virginia. It is the station where the Blue and Orange Lines converge going east into Washington, DC; in the opposite direction, they split with the Blue Line heading south and the Orange Line west. It is also scheduled to be on the Silver Line route, which is scheduled to start operations in 2011. The Silver Line will split from the Blue Line, but continue with the Orange Line at this stop. The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C. and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ...
Here is a list of stations on the Metrorail subway system of Washington D.C.. Stations in bold are transfer stations; while lines may share many stations (particularly Blue and Orange), only stations where lines cross, or stations where lines diverge (such as when the Blue and Orange lines go...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 883 KB) Upper level of the Rosslyn Metro station in Arlington, Virginia. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C. and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ...
Arlington Cemetery is a Washington Metro station in Arlington, Virginia on the Blue Line. ...
The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ...
Foggy Bottom-GWU is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC on the Blue and Orange Lines. ...
Court House station. ...
The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 subway stations from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton. ...
The future Silver Line will be an extension of the Washington Metro subway system that will consist of 29 subway stations from Route 772 in Loudoun County to Stadium-Armory in the District of Columbia. ...
The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C. and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ...
The skyscrapers of Rosslyn as seen behind The Pentagon. ...
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The Blue Line of the Washington Metro consists of 27 subway stations from Franconia_Springfield to Largo Town Center. ...
The Orange Line of the Washington Metro consists of 26 subway stations from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU to New Carrollton. ...
Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
The Silver Line of the Washington Metro will consist of 29 subway stations from Route 772 to Stadium-Armory. ...
The station has entrances on the east side of North Moore Street at Wilson Boulevard, and on Fort Myer Drive near Wilson Boulevard. Additionally, one can take an elevator directly to the Rosslyn Skywalk. It is a stop for several express Metrobus lines.
Rosslyn station, along with the Pentagon station, has an unusual layout; westbound trains service a platform which is one level below the platform for eastbound trains. This feature allows for the separate tracks of the Orange and Blue lines to converge and diverge without requiring an at-grade crossing. Exterior view of the Pentagon metro station. ...
As the neighborhood is situated on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River, while the shared rail line into Washington passes through a rock-bored tunnel, Rosslyn station is quite deep—the deepest on the Orange and Blue Lines. Its platform lies some 97 vertical feet below street level (though its ceiling is nearly 60 feet high). It features the third longest continuous escalator in the world, at 194 feet 8 inches; an escalator ride to the upper platform takes 140 seconds. The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...
Escalators at Westminster tube station, London. ...
Service began on July 1, 1977 with the extension of the Blue line to National Airport. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Color enhanced USGS satellite image of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, taken April 26, 2002. ...
Notable places nearby Lenin statue in Freedom Park: Toppled and headless, the statue was shipped from St. ...
Georgetown University is a private university in the United States. ...
The Netherlands Carillon at Arlington National Cemetery was a gift from the people of the Netherlands to the people of the United States of America in 1954. ...
The American flag waves through the night over the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, located in Arlington, Virginia The Marine Corps War Memorial is a military memorial statue located adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery in Rosslyn, Virginia, U.S.A. The memorial is dedicated to all personnel of the...
External links - WMATA: Rosslyn Station
- StationMasters Online: Rosslyn Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Rosslyn Station
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