Pentagon City station is an underground Washington Metro station in the

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neighborhood of

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, United States. It serves the

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and

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Lines.

History

The station was opened on July 1, 1977, along with 16 other stations as part of the opening of the – segment. On April 17, 2016, the

Metroway Metroway is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as part of their Metrobus system. It consists of a single line operating in Arlington and Alexandria, Virginia. It opened on Aug ...

bus rapid transit system was extended to Pentagon City, with the station becoming the northern terminus. In February 2021, the Arlington County Board awarded a $6.5 million construction contract to add a second surface elevator to the station, with expected completion in spring 2023.

Station layout

Pentagon City station has two underground

side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...

s serving two tracks. The station has four entrances from the mezzanine level, which runs under Hayes Street: entrances from the east and west sides of Hayes Street via escalator, a direct entrance from the

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, and an entrance from the northeast corner of the 12th and Hayes Street intersection. The pedestrian tunnel for the latter entrance was built in 1984 but did not open to the public until 2018. Additionally, a provision exists at the station's south end for a future second mezzanine, with knock-out panels visible above the tracks on the station's south wall.

References

External links

12th Street west entrance from Google Maps Street View

12th Street east entrance from Google Maps Street View
{{Washington Metro stations navbox Stations on the Blue Line (Washington Metro) Transportation in Arlington County, Virginia Washington Metro stations in Virginia Stations on the Yellow Line (Washington Metro) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1977 1977 establishments in Virginia Railway stations located underground in Virginia Metroway Transport infrastructure completed in 2016 2016 establishments in Virginia