railroad.wikisort.org - Station

Arlington Cemetery is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station provides service for only the Blue Line, and is located at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, underneath Memorial Drive. There is no public parking near the station except at the cemetery, which is reserved for cemetery visitors. It is the only station that closes earlier than the rest of the system, closing at 7 PM from October to March, and 10 PM from April to September.[2]

Arlington Cemetery
General information
Location	1000 North Memorial Drive, Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates	38°53′4.5″N 77°3′47.1″W
Owned by	WMATA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Open-cut
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operating
Station code	C06
History
Opened	July 1, 1977; 45 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Rebuilt	2021
Passengers
2021	299 daily[1] (89th)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Pentagon toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Rosslyn toward Downtown Largo
Location
Arlington Cemetery Location within Washington, D.C.

The station is one of three stations to be exclusively serviced by the Blue Line. The rest of the Blue Line's stations are shared with the Yellow Line to the south (except for two of the southernmost stations), and with the Silver Line and Orange Line to the north.

History

The station opened on July 1, 1977.[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[4] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Capitol South, Crystal City, 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.[5]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platforms at the Arlington Cemetery station would be rebuilt between February 13 to May 23, 2021.[6]

On March 19, 2020, this station closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] The station reopened on August 23, 2020.[9]

Between January 15 to January 21, 2021, this station was closed because of security concerns due to the 2021 Inauguration.[10]

Station layout

Arlington Cemetery is unique in its design, located just below ground level and only covered by a bridge carrying Memorial Drive. Escalators from Memorial Drive go down two levels to the mezzanine, where customers may purchase SmarTrip cards at vending machines and pass through fare control. Escalators on the other side of fare control then go up to the side platforms. Elevators go directly to the platforms with one fare gate for each elevator at platform level.

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
P Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound	← toward Franconia–Springfield (Pentagon)
	Northbound	→ toward Downtown Largo (Rosslyn) →
	Side platform
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket machines, station agent

Notable places nearby

• Arlington House (also known as the Custis-Lee Mansion)
• Arlington Memorial Bridge
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Lincoln Memorial
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Women in Military Service for America Memorial

References

External links

• Media related to Arlington Cemetery (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• WMATA Arlington Cemetery station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Arlington Cemetery Station
• Memorial Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View

---