Pentagon City station

Pentagon City is a side-platformed Washington Metro station in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977,[2] and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for both the Blue and Yellow Lines, the station is located at the corner of Hayes Street and 12th Street, between Army-Navy Drive and South 15th Street. It links to a tunnel that allows direct access west into the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, a large shopping mall, and east under Hayes Street to an entrance outside the Pentagon Centre shopping complex.

Pentagon City
rapid transit station
Location1250 South Hayes Street, Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38.86271°N 77.059468°W / 38.86271; -77.059468
Owned byWMATA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Arlington Transit: 42, 74, 84, 87
Metrobus: 7A, 7F, 10A, 10N, 16E, 16G, 16H, 22A
Metroway (southbound only)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities8 racks, 22 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeC08
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1977 (July 1, 1977)
Passengers
201613,070 daily [1]  9.41%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Crystal City
toward Franconia–Springfield
 Blue Line Pentagon
toward Largo Town Center
Crystal City
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line Pentagon
toward Greenbelt
Preceding station Metroway Following station
Crystal City
toward Braddock Road
 Potomac Yard Terminus

History

The station's opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[3] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian, and Stadium–Armory stations.[4]

On April 17, 2016, the Metroway bus rapid transit system was extended to Pentagon City, with the station becoming the northern terminus.[5]

Station layout

The station has four exits, all of which are accessed from a large mezzanine tunnel under Hayes Street. There are exits to both the east and west sides of Hayes Street via escalator, an exit which directly connects to the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, and a short pedestrian tunnel that leads to the northeast corner of the 12th and Hayes Street intersection. This tunnel, despite being built in 1984, was closed to the public until 2018. [6] Additionally, a provision exists at the station's south end for a future second mezzanine, with knock-out panels visible above the tracks on the station's south wall.

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
M Mezzanine Pentagon City Mall, fare control, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Southbound ← toward Huntington (Crystal City)
← toward Franconia–Springfield (Crystal City)
Northbound → toward Greenbelt (Pentagon) →
→ toward Largo Town Center (Pentagon) →
Side platform

Notable places nearby

References

  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  2. Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
  3. "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  4. Staff Reporters (June 24, 1977), "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post
  5. Smith, Max (April 17, 2016). "New bus-only lanes open along Jefferson Davis Highway". WTOP.com. WTOP. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. Lemke, Tim (February 21, 2018). "Pentagon City Pedestrian Tunnel Now Open". dccommutetimes.com. DC Commute Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
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