Ballston–MU station
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Ballston–MU station is a side platformed Washington Metro station in the Ballston section of Arlington County, Virginia. The station opened on December 1, 1979, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station is part of the Orange and Silver Lines and serves the transit-oriented community of Ballston, Ballston Quarter, and Marymount University (MU).
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Location | 4230 Fairfax Drive Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38.8820057°N 77.1115141°W / 38.8820057; -77.1115141 | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Capital Bikeshare, 54 racks | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | K04 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 1, 1979; 44 years ago (December 1, 1979) | |||||||||||||||
Previous names | Glebe Road (during construction) Ballston (1979–1997) | |||||||||||||||
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2023 | 4,599 daily[1] | |||||||||||||||
Rank | 18 out of 98 | |||||||||||||||
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Ballston–MU is also a central Metrobus transfer station. The station entrance is at North Fairfax Drive and North Stuart Street, near Wilson Boulevard and North Glebe Road. West of this station, the tracks rise above the ground inside the median of Interstate 66.