Innovation Center station

Innovation Center
rapid transit station
Innovation Center Station under construction, September 29, 2016.
Coordinates 38°57′43″N 77°25′9″W / 38.96194°N 77.41917°W / 38.96194; -77.41917Coordinates: 38°57′43″N 77°25′9″W / 38.96194°N 77.41917°W / 38.96194; -77.41917
Line(s) (planned)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Surface
Other information
Station code N11
History
Opening 2020 (2020) (projected)[1]
Services
  From 2020  
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
toward Ashburn
Silver Line

Innovation Center (preliminary names Route 28, Herndon – Dulles East)[2][3] is a planned Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Silver Line. It will be located adjacent to the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology at the intersection of the SR 267 and SR 28 in McNair, near the Fairfax / Loudoun county line. It is scheduled to begin operation in summer 2019 or 2020. When completed, it will be the only station in the Washington Metro system whose name starts with the letter "I".[1]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Westbound ← (under construction) toward Ashburn (phase 2) (Dulles International Airport)
Island platform, under construction
Eastbound → (under construction) toward Largo Town Center (phase 2) (Herndon) →
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station manager
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance

Station facilities

Planned facilities for this station include:[4]

  • 2 station entrances (both sides of SR 267)
  • Pedestrian bridge crossing SR 267
  • Bus dropoff/pickup (both entrances)
  • Kiss & Ride (south side)
  • Parking for 2,000 cars (south side)

References

  1. 1 2 "Second Phase Of Silver Line Delayed By At Least 13 Months". April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Board of Supervisors Approves Proposed Silver Line Station Names". April 10, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Hosh, Kafia (March 29, 2011). "Fairfax OKs names for new Metrorail stations". Washington Post. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ Dulles Metrorail – Innovation Center


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