Crystal City station (Washington Metro)

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.

For the nearby Virginia Railway Express station of the same name, see Crystal City station (VRE).
Crystal City
rapid transit station
Location1750 South Clark Street, Arlington, Virginia
Coordinates38.857856°N 77.050874°W / 38.857856; -77.050874
Owned byWMATA
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections VRE (at Crystal City station)
Arlington Transit: 43
Fairfax Connector: 599
Metrobus: 10N, 23A, 23B
Metroway
PRTC OmniRide
Loudoun County Transit
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities10 racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeC09
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1977 (July 1, 1977)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)11,179 daily [1]  6.9% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
National Airport
toward Franconia–Springfield
 Blue Line Pentagon City
toward Largo Town Center
National Airport
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line Pentagon City
toward Greenbelt
Preceding station Metroway Following station
18th & Crystal
One-way operation
 Potomac Yard Pentagon City
Terminus
23rd & Clark
toward Braddock Road

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.

The station is also served by the Metroway bus rapid transit line. Some Metroway buses terminate here rather than at Pentagon City station.

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]

On August 24, 2014, the Metroway Bus Rapid Transit system opened and started servicing Crystal City.[6]

In conjunction with the construction of Amazon HQ2 in National Landing, an area that comprises parts of Crystal City, Pentagon City, and Potomac Yard, a second entrance is being designed for the Crystal City Metro station. The new entrance will be located on Crystal Drive and 18th Street South, at the east end of the station, and would provide closer access to the Metroway stop.[7][8]

Station layout

Crystal City has escalator and elevator access from the intersection between 18th Street South and South Bell Street. An upper mezzanine provides access to the Crystal City Shops, and the lower mezzanine contains fare control and leads to side platforms.

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
M Upper mezzanine Escalator landing, Crystal City Shops, to VRE station
M Lower mezzanine Fare control, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Southbound ← toward Huntington (National Airport)
← toward Franconia–Springfield (National Airport)
Northbound → toward Greenbelt (Pentagon City) →
→ toward Largo Town Center (Pentagon City) →
Side platform

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 July 2, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  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.
  6. "Metroway premium transit service starting this summer" (Press release). WMATA. July 1, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2016.}
  7. "Crystal City Metro Station Second Entrance". Projects & Planning. March 21, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  8. "Amazon deal delivers 'certainty' for key transportation projects in Northern Virginia". Washington Post. February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
Crystal City Metro headhouse
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