Station Layout
Rosslyn is one of two stations (the other being the Pentagon station on the Blue and Yellow Lines) at which westbound trains serve a platform that is a level below the mezzanine-level platform for eastbound trains. This allows for trains to converge inbound and diverge outbound via a flying junction to avoid an at-grade crossing.
Since the neighborhood is on a bluff over the Potomac River and the shared rail line into Washington passes through a rock-bored tunnel, Rosslyn station is deep — the deepest on the Orange and Blue lines. The upper platform is 97 feet below street level; the lower platform is 20 feet below that. An escalator ride between the street and mezzanine levels about three minutes. It is one of three stations on the Metro with platform-level fare gates and elevators.
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