Editing Franconia–Springfield station (section)

{{Short description|Washington Metro station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Franconia–Springfield
| style              = Washington Metro
| symbol             = blue
| symbol_location    = Washington
| image              = Franc-Springd platform, inbound end.jpg
| image_caption      = Metro trains at Franconia–Springfield in June 2008
| address            = 6880 Frontier Drive
| borough            = [[Springfield, Virginia]]
| country            = United States
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|45|58|N|77|10|07|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-VA|display=inline,title}}
| owned              = [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]]
| line               = [[RF&P Subdivision]]
| platform           = 1 [[island platform]] (Metro) <br /> 2 [[side platform]]s (VRE)
| tracks             = 4 (2 for each service)
| structure          = At-grade
| bus_stands         = 8
| connections        = {{Unbulleted list
   | {{bus icon}} [[Fairfax Connector]]: 231, 232, 301, 305, 308, 310, 321, 322, 334, 335, 340, 341, 350, 351, 352, 353, 371, 401, 402, 494
   | {{bus icon}} [[OmniRide]]: Prince William Metro Express
   | {{bus icon}} [[Greyhound Lines]]
   | {{bus icon}} [[BestBus]]
   }}
| accessible         = Yes
| bicycle            = [[Capital Bikeshare]], 36&nbsp;[[Bicycle parking rack|racks]], 20&nbsp;[[Bicycle locker|lockers]]
| parking            = 5,069 spaces
| code               = J03 (WMATA)
| zone               = Zone 3 (VRE)
| opened             = 1995 (VRE)<br />{{start date|1997|06|29}} (Metro)<ref name="June 27, 1997">{{Cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/408341889 |title=At last, Metro reaches end of the Blue Line; Franconia-Springfield station to begin service on Sunday |last=Tousignant |first=Marylou |date=June 27, 1997 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=B1 |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101600/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/408341889.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rebuilt            = 2019 (Metro)
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Virginia Railway Express
|line1=Fredericksburg|left1=Lorton|right1=Alexandria
|system2=Washington Metro
|line2=Blue|right2=Van Dorn Street|to-right2=Largo

}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
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|system2=Washington Metro|
|line2=Yellow|right2=Van Dorn Street|to-right2=Greenbelt}}
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'''Franconia–Springfield station''' is a [[Washington Metro]] [[rapid transit]] station and [[Virginia Railway Express]] [[commuter rail]] station located in [[Springfield, Virginia]], United States. The station is the southwestern [[train station#Terminus|terminus]] of the Metro [[Blue Line (Washington Metro)|Blue Line]] and an intermediate station on the VRE [[Fredericksburg Line]]. It is also a major bus terminal for [[Fairfax Connector]] buses, plus other local and intercity bus routes. The station has one [[island platform]] serving the two Metro tracks, plus two [[side platform]]s serving the [[RF&P Subdivision]] on which the Fredericksburg Line runs.

Located in a suburban area near [[Interstate 95|I-95]], the station is primarily used by commuters from more distant suburbs. Its parking garage is the largest on the Metro system, with 5,069 spaces. With an average of 2,491 daily riders in 2023, Franconia–Springfield was the 41st-busiest Metro station and the ninth-busiest in Virginia.<ref name="Data">{{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 8, 2024}}</ref>

The VRE stop opened in 1995, followed by the Metro station on June 29, 1997. From 2003 to 2010, the station was also served by [[Amtrak]] ''[[Northeast Regional]]'' [[intercity rail]] trains.