Crystal City Station (Washington Metrorail)

For the nearby Virginia Railway Express station, see Crystal City (VRE station).
Crystal City
Location 1750 South Clark Street
Arlington, VA 22202
Coordinates 38°51′28″N 77°03′03″W / 38.857856°N 77.050874°WCoordinates: 38°51′28″N 77°03′03″W / 38.857856°N 77.050874°W
Owned by WMATA
Line(s) Blue Line Blue Line
Yellow Line Yellow Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections VRE at Crystal City
Fairfax Connector: 597
Metrobus: 13Y, 16H, 23A, 23B
Metroway: North, South
PRTC OmniRide
Construction
Structure type Underground
Bicycle facilities 10 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code C09
History
Opened July 1, 1977
Traffic
Passengers (2007) 7.599 million[1] Increase 3% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line
toward Huntington
Yellow Line
toward Fort Totten
Preceding station   Metroway   Following station
toward Braddock Road
North LineTerminus
TerminusSouth Line
toward Braddock Road

Crystal City is a side platformed Washington Metro station in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for both the Blue and Yellow Lines, the station is located on 18th Street in between the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway and South Bell Street. The station is also accessible from the underground network of shopping centers and restaurants extending beneath Crystal City.

This is the final indoor transfer point between the Blue and Yellow lines in the southbound direction. In inclement weather, commuters may prefer to transfer at Crystal City rather than at King Street – Old Town, which is outdoors.

History

The station opened on July 1, 1977.[2] Its 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, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian and Stadium–Armory stations.[4]

Since summer 1992, Virginia Railway Express has a nearby station with the same name on Crystal Drive.[5]

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← Blue Line Blue Line toward Franconia–Springfield (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
← Yellow Line Yellow Line toward Huntington (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
Eastbound → Blue Line Blue Line toward Largo Town Center (Pentagon City) →
→ Yellow Line Yellow Line toward Fort Totten (Pentagon City) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ FY2006-07 Metrorail ridership summary by station Think Outside the Car Retrieved
  2. ↑ Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post: A1
  3. ↑ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ Staff Reporters (June 24, 1977), "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post
  5. ↑ Fehr, Stephen C. (June 18, 1992), "Getting on track; Fairfax ready to roll with its 3 commuter stations", The Washington Post

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