McLean station
{{Short description|Washington Metro station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name = McLean
| style = WMATA
| symbol = silver
| symbol_location = washington
| image = McLean Metro platform 2.jpg
| image_caption = McLean platform on opening day
| address = 1824 Dolley Madison Boulevard
| borough = McLean, Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|38.92434|-77.21048|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
| {{bus icon}} Metrobus: A70
| {{bus icon}} Fairfax Connector: 427, 480, 703, 721, 722
}}
| platform = 1 island platform
| tracks = 2
| structure = Elevated
| parking =
| bicycle = Capital Bikeshare
| baggage_check =
| passengers = 1,285 daily{{cite web |title=Metrorail Ridership Summary |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/ridership-portal/Metrorail-Ridership-Summary.cfm |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=February 11, 2024}}
| pass_year = 2023
| pass_rank = 73 out of 98
| opened = {{Start date and age|2014|07|26}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wtop.com/41/3516829/Completion-date-on-Silver-Line-pushed-back-again |title=Completion date on Silver Line pushed back again |publisher=WTOP |access-date=December 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214231513/http://www.wtop.com/41/3516829/Completion-date-on-Silver-Line-pushed-back-again |archive-date=December 14, 2013 }}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| accessible =
| code = N01
| owned =
| zone =
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McLean station (preliminary names Tysons East, Tysons–McLean){{cite news|url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/2012/updates/board-approves-silver-line-station-names.htm|title=Board of Supervisors Approves Proposed Silver Line Station Names|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=April 11, 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/fairfax-oks-names-for-tysons-metrorail-stations/2011/03/29/AFVQC1vB_blog.html|newspaper=Washington Post|title=Fairfax OKs names for new Metrorail stations|last=Hosh|first=Kafia|date=March 29, 2011|access-date=March 29, 2011}} is a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia, on the Silver Line. The station is located in Tysons, with a McLean postal address. It began operation on July 26, 2014.
Station layout
Access to McLean station is provided by two entrances, one on each side of SR 123.{{cite web | url=http://www.dullesmetro.com/stations/tyson_east.cfm.html | title=Tystons East station | publisher=Dulles Metro | access-date=February 9, 2013}} The southern entrance connects to the northern entrance and mezzanine with a pedestrian bridge about {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on|00}} above SR 123, with the mezzanine containing ticket machines and faregates.
McLean has a simple island platform setup with two tracks. While there was some controversy about whether to build the rail through Tysons below ground or on elevated tracks, McLean is also elevated. No permanent car parking is planned at the station. A bus station and kiss-and-ride lot are on the southern side of SR 123. Bike parking is also available.
The main platform has a height of {{convert|55.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} at its east end and {{convert|49|ft|m|abbr=on}} at its west end.{{cite web|url=http://www.dullesmetro.com/pdfs/DCMPStationHeights-2-18-09.docx|publisher=WMAA|title=DCMP Station Heights Actual|access-date=November 10, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620033639/http://www.dullesmetro.com/pdfs/DCMPStationHeights-2-18-09.docx|archive-date=June 20, 2010}}
History
This station was one of 19 WMATA stations closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/2019-System-Map-COVID-19-stations-FINAL.pdf |title=Special Covid-19 System Map |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=May 24, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/covid-station-closures.cfm |title=Metrorail stations closed due to COVID-19 pandemic |date=March 23, 2020 |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=May 24, 2020}} Shuttle buses began serving the station on June 28, 2020.{{cite web |title=Metro to reopen 15 stations, reallocate bus service to address crowding, starting Sunday {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-to-reopen-15-stations-reallocate-bus-service.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=11 July 2020}}
From May 23 until August 15, 2020, this station was further closed due to the Platform Reconstruction west of {{wmata|Ballston–MU}} and the Silver Line Phase II tie construction.{{cite web |title=Metro to use upcoming low-ridership summer to maximum effect, expands Orange, Silver line shutdown |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Orange-Silver-Summer-2020.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=23 April 2020}} This station reopened beginning on August 16, 2020, when trains were able to bypass East Falls Church station.{{cite web |title=Metro to add more buses, trains and extended hours as part of Covid-19 Recovery Plan beginning Sunday, August 16 {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-to-add-more-buses-trains-and-extended-hours-beginning-August-16.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=16 August 2020}}{{cite web |title=Silver Line service will return August 16, along with reopening of six stations in Fairfax County {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Silver-Line-reopening.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=11 July 2020}}
Location
File:Mclean-Station-from-northwest-Feb-2013.jpg
McLean station is located in the northeast section of Tysons, at the northwest corner of the intersection of SR 123/Dolley Madison Boulevard and Scotts Crossing Road. This area is bordered on the south by SR 123, on the west by Exit 46A-B of the I-495/Capital Beltway, and by Exit 19A-B of SR 267. Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) traffic counts show heavy usage of all three roads in the area, with around 122,000 cars per day using SR 267 north of Exit 18; of these, about one-third continue on the Dulles Toll Road with the other two-thirds (67,000) using the Beltway.[http://virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_029_Fairfax_2008.pdf 2008 Fairfax County AADT counts] VDOT Retrieved September 7, 2009 In addition, 44,000 cars use Dolley Madison Boulevard each day.
The station is located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of downtown McLean, Virginia. McLean itself took the name of the McLean station, of the former Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad interurban trolley line, that the town grew around. Fairfax County's long-range transportation plan contains no plans for returning mass transit to the town of McLean,{{cite web |url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images/maps/handouts/pdf07/transplanmap.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605131610/http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/images//maps/handouts/pdf07/transplanmap.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2013 }} making it an appropriate name for the nearest Silver Line station.
The station serves the headquarters of Capital One, several intelligence agency facilities of the Federal government of the United States, various government contractors, and local residents. Tysons is nearby with major shopping malls.
Station facilities
- 2 station entrances (each side of SR 123)
- Pedestrian bridge crossing SR 123
- Bus dropoff/pickup
- Kiss & Ride
- 56 bike parking spaces
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Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2014
Category:Stations on the Silver Line (Washington Metro)
Category:Transportation in Fairfax County, Virginia
Category:Washington Metro stations in Virginia