East Glebe station
East Glebe | |||||||||||
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![]() The southbound station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | East Glebe Road Alexandria, Virginia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°49′55″N 77°03′04″W / 38.832006°N 77.051126°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | WMATA | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metrobus | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Bus operators | WMATA | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 24, 2014 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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East Glebe is a bus rapid transit station in Alexandria, Virginia, located on Richmond Highway (U.S. Route 1) between East Glebe Road and Hume Avenue. It is a stop on the portion of dedicated bus-only highway along the Metroway bus rapid transit line, providing two-way service along the route. The station provides service to the central Potomac Yard and Potomac communities in Alexandria.
The southbound station is located at the northern end of the busway that runs down the median of Richmond Highway, but the northern station is in mixed-traffic on East Glebe Road, one block east at Main Line Boulevard.
History
[edit]East Glebe opened to the public as one of the original Metroway stations; the station opened for service on August 24, 2014.[1]
Station layout
[edit]This diagram shows the layout of the station in the median busway.
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Southbound | ← Potomac Yard toward Braddock Road (Swann) | |
Northbound | Potomac Yard does not stop here → |
References
[edit]- ^ "Metroway premium transit service starting this summer". WMATA. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.