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Pentagon City station

Coordinates: 38°51′46″N 77°03′34″W / 38.86271°N 77.059468°W / 38.86271; -77.059468
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rapid transit station
General information
Location1250 South Hayes Street
Arlington, VA 22202
Coordinates38°51′46″N 77°03′34″W / 38.86271°N 77.059468°W / 38.86271; -77.059468
Owned byWMATA
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Arlington Transit: 74, 84, 87
Bus transport Metrobus:7A, 7F, 10A, 10N, 16E, 16G, 16H, 22A
Bus transport Metroway (southbound only)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities8 racks, 22 lockers
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeC08
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1977; 47 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Passengers
201613,070 daily [1] Decrease 9.41%
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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.

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]

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. [5] 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.

On April 17, 2016, the Metroway Bus Rapid Transit system was extended to Pentagon City, with the station becoming the northern terminus.[6]

Station layout

G Street level Exit/entrance, bus and Metroway connections
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level 		Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← toward Franconia – Springfield (Crystal City)
← toward Huntington (Crystal City)
Northbound → toward Largo Town Center (Pentagon) →
→ toward Mount Vernon Square or Fort Totten (Pentagon) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  4. ^ Staff Reporters (June 24, 1977), "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post
  5. ^ Lemke, Tim (February 21, 2018). "Pentagon City Pedestrian Tunnel Now Open". dccommutetimes.com. DC Commute Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. ^ Smith, Max (April 17, 2016). "New bus-only lanes open along Jefferson Davis Highway". WTOP.com. WTOP. Retrieved April 18, 2016.

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