West Falls Church-VT/UVA is a Washington Metro station whose street address is 7840 Haycock Road in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Orange Line. It is one of only two stations in the system to have three tracks, the other being the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport station.
The station serves the suburban community of Falls Church and the Northern Virginia campuses of Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia, and while technically it has a street address, it is physically located in the median of Interstate 66 near Virginia State Route 7 (Leesburg Pike). The station is also the nearest to Tysons Corner, a major commercial area. The initialisms for the two college campuses were added to the station's name in 1999. Service began on June 7, 1986.
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: View of inbound end of the station from outbound platform. A Breda train is on the inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: View of inbound end of the station from outbound platform. A Breda train has just left the station on the inbound track. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Station name plaque and strip map above inbound track. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Strip map for New Carrollton direction, displayed on overhead sign. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Destination sign. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Passenger Information Display System indicates an Orange Line train to Vienna is due in approximately three minutes. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Rohr train arrives on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Rohr train arrives on outbound track. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: Station entrance pylon, bus loop side. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: Center track, inbound view. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: Unused concrete pier just east of the platforms. This is a provision for the line out to Dulles, with a flyover going over the outbound tracks and also I-66. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: Outbound view of station from far inbound end of inbound platform. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: Far outbound end of West Falls Church station. Falls Church Yard is visible in the distance. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: Station entrance pylon, and pedestrian bridge over the eastbound lanes of I-66. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: Outbound view of station as seen from inbound platform. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: Inbound view of station, seen from roughly the center of the inbound platform. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: Station name plaque and strip map, inbound side. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2005-04-27 Comments: A view of the open end of the outbound platform, as seen from the inbound platform. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2006-06-06 Comments: Inbound platform and track. |
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Location: West Falls Church-VT/UVA Date: 2006-06-06 Comments: Pedestrian bridge over Interstate 66. Unlike Vienna, which has two pedestrian bridges over both sides of I-66, West Falls Church-VT/UVA has only one (shorter) pedestrian bridge, over the southbound lanes of I-66. |
