West Falls Church VT
The center track of West Falls Church station, used for train storage
General information
Location	Idylwood, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates	38°54′03″N77°11′20″W / 38.9007928°N 77.1889651°W /38.9007928; -77.1889651
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	2island platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Metrobus:F20 Fairfax Connector: 703 Loudoun County Transit Megabus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	2,009 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 40 racks, 22 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	K06
History
Opened	June 7, 1986; 39 years ago (June 7, 1986)
Rebuilt	2020
Previous names	West Falls Church (1986–1999, 2011–2022) West Falls Church–VT/UVA (1999–2011)
Passengers
2023	950 daily[1]
Rank	83 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Dunn Loring towardVienna Orange Line East Falls Church towardNew Carrollton
Route map East Falls Church To East Falls Church Yard Dunn Loring
Location

West Falls Church station is aWashington Metrostation inIdylwood,Virginia on theOrange Line, the first station inside theCapital Beltway on the Orange Line going east. It is one of only two stations in the system to have three tracks, the other being theNational Airport station. The center track is used for storage and relaying trains to the adjacent Falls Church Yard.

The station serves the suburban community ofFalls Church and the Northern Virginia Center operated byVirginia Tech. Although Virginia Tech previously shared the space with theUniversity of Virginia, as of June 2020, the University of Virginia has left the center.^[2] While the station has a street address on Haycock Road, it is physically located in themedian ofInterstate 66 nearVirginia State Route 7 (Leesburg Pike); riders access the platform and mezzanine using an elevated walkway from the parking area.

This is a suburban transfer station, ascommuter buses that serve communities near theDulles Toll and Access Roads (Virginia State Route 267) connect to the Metro system at West Falls Church using a bus-only exit from the Access Road. These buses includeFairfax Connector to points within Fairfax, including Reston and Herndon,Metrobus to Tysons Corner, andLoudoun County Transitreverse commute routes to businesses includingAOL andMCI and transfer points in Dulles.

With the opening of theSilver Line on July 26, 2014, many commuter bus routes that formerly terminated at West Falls Church were rerouted to instead terminate at locations along the new Silver Line stations inTysons andReston.^[3] West Falls Church was also the original staging point for Washington Flyer buses to Dulles Airport, but this shifted to Wiehle-Reston East with the opening of the Silver Line.^[4]

The Silver Line joins the Orange Line via a flying junction immediately east of this station but does not serve the station. Plans originally called for the Silver Line to stop at West Falls Church, but it was cut out of the final plan.

The station opened on June 7, 1986.^[5] Its opening coincided with the completion of 9.1 miles (14.6 km) of rail west of theBallston–MU station and the opening of theEast Falls Church,Dunn Loring andVienna stations.^[5]

In 1999, the station was renamedWest Falls Church–VT/UVA when theacronym for Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia were added to the station's name, two years after the dedication of the shared graduate center. These initialisms were moved to a subtitle location on November 3, 2011.^[6]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The West Falls Church station platforms would be rebuilt starting in late 2020.^[7]

From May 23 until August 15, 2020, this station was closed due to the platform reconstruction project which closed stations west ofBallston–MU station.^[8][9] On August 16, 2020, the station reopened as the Orange Line terminus when Silver and Orange Line trains were able to bypassEast Falls Church station.^[10][11]

Per request by theFairfax County Board of Supervisors, the initials for theUniversity of Virginia were dropped from the station's secondary name on September 11, 2022, to reflect its departure from the nearby Northern Virginia Center.^[12][13]

On June 3, 2023, this station was closed for track replacement, affecting stations west ofBallston–MU station. Service resumed on June 26, 2023.^[14]

• Media related toWest Falls Church (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA West Falls Church station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center:West Falls Church StationArchived November 9, 2010, at theWayback Machine
• Station from Google Maps Street View

• Bus stations in Virginia
• Stations on the Orange Line (Washington Metro)
• Washington Metro stations in Virginia
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1986
• Transportation in Fairfax County, Virginia
• 1986 establishments in Virginia
• Railway stations in highway medians

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