Pentagon station

Pentagon
Location	2 South Rotary Road Arlington, VA 22202 United States
Coordinates	38°52′09″N 77°03′14″W / 38.86917°N 77.05389°WCoordinates: 38°52′09″N 77°03′14″W / 38.86917°N 77.05389°W
Owned by	WMATA
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
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
Rebuilt	2002[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	15853 daily [3]  2.89%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Pentagon City toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Arlington Cemetery toward Largo Town Center Yellow Line Greenbelt-Franconia-Springfield weekdays rush hours service Rush Plus L'Enfant Plaza toward Greenbelt Pentagon City toward Huntington Yellow Line Mount Vernon Square-Huntington weekdays rush hours service L'Enfant Plaza toward Mount Vernon Square Yellow Line Not on weekdays rush hours L'Enfant Plaza toward Fort Totten

Pentagon 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.

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.

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.^[6] 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.

Bus service

Pentagon station is also a major bus hub^[7][1] in northern Virginia. The current bus facility opened in 2001^[8] as part of the Pentagon Renovation Program.^[2]

• Arlington Transit: 42, 87A, 87X
• DASH: AT3, AT4
• Fairfax Connector: 306, 380, 595
• Loudoun County Transit
• Metrobus: 7A, 7C, 7E, 7F, 7M, 7P, 7X, 7Y, 8S, 8W, 8Z, 9A, 10A, 10E, 13Y, 16A, 16B, 16E, 16G, 16J, 16K, 16L, 16P, 16X, 17A, 17B, 17F, 17G, 17H, 18K, 17L, 17M, 18E, 18F, 18G, 18H, 18J, 18P, 21A, 21D, 22A, 22C, 22F, 28F, 28G, 29C, 29G, 29W
• PRTC OmniRide

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
B2	Inbound	← Blue Line toward Largo Town Center (Arlington Cemetery) ← Yellow Line toward Fort Totten (L'Enfant Plaza)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
B3	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Outbound	→ Blue Line toward Franconia-Springfield (Pentagon City) → → Yellow Line toward Huntington (Pentagon City) →

Pentagon is one of two stations (the other being the Rosslyn station on the Blue and Orange Lines) at which westbound trains serve a platform that is a level below the mezzanine-level platform for eastbound trains. This allows for trains to converge inbound and diverge outbound via a flying junction to avoid an at-grade crossing.

Shooting

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. He died a few hours later, on the next day, March 5, 2010.^[9]

References

1. "Pentagon Transit Center" (PDF). Arlington Transit. Retrieved February 2016. Bus Bays / Bus Routes
2. "Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility Project". Pentagon Renovation & Construction. Washington Headquarters Services. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved February 2016. project completion in late fall of 2002
3. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
4. Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
5. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved July 25, 2010.
6. Layton, Lyndsey (June 16, 2000), "Pentagon, Metro quarrel escalates; Security concerns would interfere with convenience", The Washington Post, p. A10
7. "Bus service from Pentagon" (PDF). WMATA. August 2015. Retrieved February 2016. Bus Boarding Map
8. "METRO ENTRANCE FACILITY CELEBRATES INITIAL OPENING!". Pentagon Renovation Program. December 18, 2001. Archived from the original on December 31, 2007. Retrieved February 2016. The Pentagon Transit Center portion of the Metro Entrance Facility is now open and operational
9. NBC News (March 5, 2010). "Pentagon gunman sought 'truth' about 9/11". MSNBC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2010.

External links

Media related to Pentagon (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA: Pentagon Station
• Archived StationMasters Online: Pentagon Station
• Archived The Schumin Web Transit Center: Pentagon Station