Crystal City (WMATA station)

For the nearby Virginia Railway Express station, see Crystal City (VRE station).

Crystal City
Station statistics
Address	1750 South Clark Street (Metro)
Lines	Metro:   Blue Line   Yellow Line
Connections	Virginia Railway Express:   Fredericksburg Line   Manassas Line WMATA Metrobus Arlington Transit Fairfax Connector Loundoun County Commuter OmniRide Commuter
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	10 racks
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1977
Accessible
Code	C09
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Traffic
Passengers (2007)	7.599 million[1]  3% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Pentagon City toward Largo Town Center Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport toward Huntington Yellow Line Pentagon City toward Fort Totten

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.

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]

References

1. ^ FY2006-07 Metrorail ridership summary by station Think Outside the Car Retrieved
2. ^ Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post: A1 
3. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved July 25, 2010. 
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 

External links

• WMATA: Crystal City Station
• StationMasters Online: Crystal City Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Crystal City Station
• 18th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

Coordinates: 38°51′28″N 77°03′03″W / 38.857856°N 77.050874°W / 38.857856; -77.050874