Arlington Cemetery is a side platformed

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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. 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

Arlington Cemetery station from outbound end of platform

The station opened on July 1, 1977. Its opening coincided with the completion of of rail between National Airport and

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and the opening of the Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market,

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, Federal Center SW,

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, Foggy Bottom–GWU, L'Enfant Plaza, McPherson Square, National Airport,

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, Potomac Avenue, Rosslyn, Smithsonian, and Stadium–Armory stations. 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. On March 19, 2020, this station closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The station reopened on August 23, 2020. Between January 15 to January 21, 2021, this station was closed because of security concerns related to the 2021 Inauguration.

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

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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.

Notable places nearby

* Arlington House (also known as the Custis-Lee Mansion) * Arlington Memorial Bridge * Arlington National Cemetery *

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* Women in Military Service for America Memorial

References

External links

* * The Schumin Web Transit Center
Arlington Cemetery Station

Memorial Drive entrance from Google Maps Street View
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