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Innovation Center station (preliminary names Route 28, Herndon – Dulles East) [3] [4] is a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Silver Line.It is 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.
Station construction in 1973. Metro Center was one of the original 6 stations to open with the first section of the Red Line on March 27, 1976. The original name of the station was "12th and G", but WMATA planner William Herman argued it should be renamed, given the importance of the station and the fact that several entrances would be on other streets.
Ten stations are termini (stations at the end of lines); several other non-terminus stations are used to short turn trains in regular service. [7] The busiest station in the system in 2023 was Metro Center, with more than 3.9 million passenger entries over the course of the year. [8]
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
On January 18, 2022, WMATA announced that Paul Wiedefeld would be retiring from Metro in 6 months and WMATA's board of directors will be conducting a national search for his replacement. [67] On May 10, 2022, WMATA announced that current president and CEO of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Randy Clarke as its new general manager ...
On December 14, 2020, WMATA announced that Blue Line service would be suspended between February 13 to May 23, 2021, in order to rebuild the platforms at both Arlington Cemetery and Addison Road. Silver Line trains would run in place of the Blue Line every 12 minutes during the weekdays and 15 minutes on weekends while bypassing Addison Road. [111]
On April 19, 2023, WMATA and Alexandria announced that the station would open on May 19, 2023. [33] The station opened at 5 a.m. that day, [34] [35] with "regional, state, and federal officials" attending an opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m. [2] It was the Washington Metro's second infill station, after NoMa–Gallaudet U station. [34]
Like many other Metro stations in the Washington Metropolitan Area, Mount Vernon Square station has spurred development in its proximity. Most prominent is the Washington Convention Center, although a number of smaller residential and commercial projects have been completed within the surrounding blocks.