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Pentagon Transit Center is a split platform station on the Washington Metro located adjacent to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Providing service for both the Blue and Yellow Lines, the station is where the two lines diverge and thus acts as a transfer point. Northbound, the Blue Line continues through Virginia and the Yellow Line crosses the Potomac River into the District of Columbia.

Pentagon
General information
Location	2 South Rotary Road, Arlington, Virginia United States
Coordinates	38°52′09″N 77°03′14″W
Owned by	WMATA
Line(s)
Platforms	2 split platforms
Tracks	1 on each level
Train operators	Washington Metro
Bus stands	Upper:1 to 13, Lower:1 to 11[1]
Bus operators	Arlington Transit DASH Fairfax Connector Metrobus Loudoun County Transit PRTC OmniRide Ride Smart Northern Shenandoah Valley
Construction
Structure type	Underground metro station and bus transit centre at grade
Platform levels	2
Bicycle facilities	6 racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	C07
History
Opened	July 1, 1977; 45 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Rebuilt	2002[2]
Passengers
2016	13,989 daily[3]  7.63%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Pentagon City toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Arlington Cemetery toward Downtown Largo Pentagon City toward Huntington Yellow Line L'Enfant Plaza toward Greenbelt

The station opened on July 1, 1977[4] with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)[5] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium.

Bus service

Pentagon station is also a major bus hub[6][1] in northern Virginia. The current bus facility opened in 2001[7] as part of the Pentagon Renovation Program.[2]

• Arlington Transit: 42, 87, 87A, 87P, 87X
• DASH: 35, 103, 104
• Fairfax Connector: 306, 393, 394, 395, 599, 698, 834, 835
• Metrobus: 7A, 7C, 7M, 7P, 8S, 8W, 10A, 10E, 10N, 16A, 16C, 16E, 16L, 17B, 17G, 17K, 17L, 17M, 18G, 18J, 18P, 21C, 21D, 22A, 22C, 22F, 28F, 29G
• Loudoun County Transit: 282, 482, 682, 882
• PRTC OmniRide: 543, 602, 612, 942, D-100, D-200, D-300, L-100, L-200, MC-100, MC-200, RS
• Ride Smart Northern Shenandoah Valley: DC Motorcoach (From Front Royal to D.C.)

Station layout

The station is located underground, adjacent to The Pentagon, and formerly had a direct (but secure) entrance to the Pentagon and its underground shopping center. This entrance was closed in 2001 as part of the Pentagon Renovation Program.[8] Access to the Pentagon is now gained via a new secured entrance facility above ground near the bus depot and the entrances to the subway station. The new exit features signage displayed at Gallery Place-Chinatown and newer stations.

Pentagon is one of two stations (the other being the Rosslyn station) at which trains going one direction are boarded on a different station level than trains going the other direction, as a way to prevent an at-grade crossing. This is because the Blue and Yellow lines split apart an extremely short distance from the station.

UL	Upper level	Pentagon, Pentagon Memorial, upper level bus bays
LL	Lower level	Lower level bus bays
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket machines, station agent
	Side platform
	Northbound	→ toward Greenbelt (L'Enfant Plaza) → → toward Downtown Largo (Arlington Cemetery) →
B2	Southbound	← toward Huntington (Pentagon City) ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Pentagon City)
	Side platform

Incidents

2010

On March 4, 2010, a gunman, identified as John Patrick Bedell, who espoused anti-government views, shot and wounded two Pentagon police officers at a security checkpoint in the Pentagon station. The officers returned fire, striking him in the head. Bedell died the next day, on March 5, 2010.[9]

2021

At 10:40 a.m. EST, on August 3, 2021, a stabbing occurred, killing officer George Gonzalez and leading to a lockdown of the Pentagon that was later lifted. The perpetrator, 27-year-old Austin William Lanz shot and killed himself using Gonzalez's service weapon. In an apology issued by Lanz's family, they stated that in his final few months, he suffered from "many mental health challenges". There was a warrant out for Lanz's arrest due to an incident months earlier, in which Lanz broke into a Georgia home with a crowbar.[10][11][12][13]

Notable places nearby

• Pentagon Memorial
• United States Air Force Memorial

References

External links

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

• Archived The Schumin Web Transit Center: Pentagon Station

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