Crystal City Metro Station

Crystal City station is an underground Washington Metro station in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The station opened on July 1, 1977, and serves the Blue Line and Yellow Line services, with a Metroway bus rapid transit stop on the surface.

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Type: Metro station
Description: Washington Metro station in Arlington, Virginia
Also known as: “Crystal City”, “Crystal City station”, and “Crystal City Subway Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crystal City station and Pentagon.

Crystal City station

Railway station

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Crystal City station is a commuter rail station in the Crystal City section of Arlington County, Virginia, located near the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Crystal City station is situated 730 feet northeast of Crystal City Metro Station.

Pentagon

Military installation

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The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. Pentagon is situated 1 mile north of Crystal City Metro Station.

Crowne Plaza Crystal City-Washington, D.C.

Hotel

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Crowne Plaza Crystal City-Washington, D.C. is a hotel, which is situated 980 feet north of Crystal City Metro Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include National Landing and Crystal City.

National Landing

Neighborhood

National Landing is an area in Northern Virginia encompassing parts of the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods of Arlington County and the Potomac Yard neighborhood in the city of Alexandria.

Crystal City

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Crystal City is the secondary "downtown" area of Arlington, Virginia, after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Pentagon City, Arlington Ridge, and Aurora Highlands.