Tysons (also known as Tysons Central 123 and Tysons I & II during planning phases) is a

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station on the Silver Line of the

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Tysons Tysons, also known as Tysons Corner, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, developed from the corner of Chain Bridge Road ( SR 123) and the Leesburg Pike ( SR 7). Located in Northern Virginia between the c ...

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. One of four Metro stations in Tysons, it is one of the five stations comprising the first phase of the Silver Line. It opened as Tysons Corner on July 26, 2014.

Station layout

Like other stations on the Silver Line, Tysons has an elevated island platform and two tracks with the western side of the platform facing a tunnel portal on an open cut. Access is provided by two entrances, one at street level at the northwest corner of the intersection of Chain Bridge Road and Tysons Boulevard and the other on the southwest corner; the sitting of the railway viaduct on the north side of Chain Bridge Road as well as pedestrian safety means that entrance to the station from this corner is by a pedestrian overpass to a mezzanine above platform level.Tysons Corner station
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History and location

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Tysons Corner station opened as part of the first phase of the Silver Line to Wiehle–Reston East in 2014. In the planning stages, controversy ensued over whether to build the Metro in a tunnel or on an elevated viaduct through Tysons. It was eventually decided that the majority of the line would be built above ground, but the station was built partially below ground in order to send trains through a short tunnel connecting the line's Route 7 and Route 123-paralleling sections. One of four Metro stations within Tysons, the station is located in the heart of the

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. Specifically, it lies above Chain Bridge Road ( VA 123) at its intersection with Tysons Boulevard. It is the closest station to two of the region's most important attractions,

Tysons Corner Center Tysons Corner Center is a shopping mall in the unincorporated area of Tysons in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States (between McLean and Vienna, Virginia). It opened to the public in 1968, becoming one of the first fully enclosed, climate-contr ...

and

Tysons Galleria Tysons Galleria is a three-level super-regional mall owned by Brookfield Properties located at 2001 International Drive in Tysons, Virginia. It is the second-largest mall in Tysons, and one of the largest in the Washington metropolitan area. Hist ...

, which combined house roughly , or half of the region's retail space.Tysons Corner urban center: district recommendations
''Fairfax County'' Retrieved October 6, 2013 From May 23 until August 15, 2020, this station was closed due to the Platform Reconstruction west of and the Silver Line Phase II tie construction. This station reopened beginning on August 16, 2020, when trains were able to bypass

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Name change

In November 2020, WMATA approved a request from Fairfax County to change the name of Tysons Corner station to Tysons. The new name became effective on September 11, 2022.

Transit-oriented development

In order to reduce congestion and improve walkability and connectivity in the area, the Fairfax County Planning Commission created the "Tysons Corner Urban Center Comprehensive Plan", an outline for the urbanization of Tysons in conjunction with the opening of the Silver Line. As one of four Metro stations within the identified locale, the station is the focal point of one of the

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schemes in the plan. According to the commission's outline, the area bounded by Westpark Drive, International Drive, Route 123, Route 7 and the

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will be designated as the Tysons Central 7 District and contain high-density residential and commercial

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. The plan envisions two major subdistricts, the North and South Tysons Central subdistricts, along with additional satellite subareas near the edges of the planning district. The North Tysons Central subdistrict is to be anchored by the Tysons Galleria and has been revised to handle a maximum of of developable space in conjunction with better pedestrian access and improved street grid connectivity. Buildings heights within the North Tysons Central subdistrict will reach up to , among the highest in the metropolitan area. Tysons Corner Metro mezzanine

Similarly, the South Tysons Central subdistrict is centered around

and has been upzoned for nearly of mixed-use space. New developments will be concentrated on the south side of Tysons Corner station and can reach , with the possibility of density bonuses allowing growth to . Additional changes are envisioned for the Towers Crescent and Watson Street subareas.

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