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Shirlington Station photo June 25, 2008, is the date for the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Shirlington Station, Arlington County’s first enclosed public bus station. This station will serve as the principal transfer point for Metrobus and ART bus service in Shirlington, one of Arlington’s growing urban villages. The station is located at 2975 S. Quincy Street near the intersection of South Randolph Street and 31st Street South next to Shirley Highway (I-395) in Arlington.

The Shirlington Station offers off-street bus stops at five bus bays, a Commuter Store, an indoor waiting area with customer seating and restrooms, and a partially covered outside plaza with bench seating. The station is equipped with state-of-the-art technologies to provide information, safety, and security. The Commuter Store will be staffed to sell transit passes and assist customers on Mondays through Fridays from 10 am to 7 pm.

Arlington County owns, operates, and maintains the Shirlington Station. Metro (the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority –WMATA) managed the design-build contract on behalf of the County. The contractor, Grunley-Walsh, began construction in March of 2007. The contractor’s designer, URS, completed the design drawings and the County approved the construction building permits in October of 2006.

In January of 2007 Arlington County completed the purchase of the adjacent parking lot needed to expand the construction site and allow for enough area to build the station and provide off-street bus stops. The County is currently converting the adjacent parking lot to a shared use lot for bike parking, metered public parking, and Quincy Tower customer parking.

Bus Routes Served

The following Metrobus routes and ART route 82 serving Shirlington will stop at the future Shirlington Bus Station:

Metrobus routes:

7 A,C,E,F Lincolnia-N. Fairlington connects to Pentagon Metro station, Landmark Mall, and west end Alexandria.

10 B Hunting Towers-Ballston connects to Ballston-MU Metro station passing through Columbia Pike and Buckingham and connects to Braddock Road Metro station and Hunting Towers in south Alexandrian passing through Arlandria and Del Ray.

22 A Barcroft-S. Fairlington connects to Ballston-MU Metro station and to Pentagon Metro station.

23 A,C McLean-Crystal City connects Crystal City, Shirlington, Columbia Pike at Glebe Road, and Ballston to each other and to Tysons Corner and Langley; serves Crystal City Metro station, Ballston Metro station, and Tysons-Westpark Transit (bus) Station.

25 A,J Ballston-Bradlee-Pentagon connects to Pentagon Metro station via Shirley Highway and to South Fairlington, Northern Virginia Community College, Skyline Plaza, Carlin Springs Road and Ballston-MU Metro station.

ART route:

ART 82 Shirlington-Nauck-Pentagon City provides peak period bus service between Shirlington, Nauck, and Pentagon City Metro station.

Contact Information

Arlington County:
Bee Buergler
Capital Projects Manager
Arlington County Division of Transportation
703-228-0597
TDD is available for the hearing impaired through Virginia Relay at 1-800-828-1120

Metro Customer Service Department:
(202) 637-7000
TDD is available through Metro Customer Information at 202-638-3780