Virginia Square–GMU station
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox station Virginia Square–GMU station is a Washington Metro station in the Virginia Square neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The side platformed station opened on December 1, 1979, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station serves the Orange and Silver Lines. The station serves the Virginia Square neighborhood as well as the Arlington campus of George Mason University (GMU). The station entrance is located at the intersection of Fairfax Drive and North Monroe Street.
HistoryEdit
Originally to be called Ballston, the station was renamed Virginia Square by the Metro board in March 1977.<ref name="March 10, 1977">Template:Cite news</ref> Its name was changed due to its location at the since-demolished Virginia Square Shopping Center.<ref name="March 10, 1977"/> After several years of construction, the station opened on December 1, 1979.<ref name="December 2, 1979">Template:Cite news</ref> Its opening coincided with the completion of approximately Template:Convert of rail west of the Rosslyn station and the opening of the Template:Wmata, Template:Wmata and Template:Wmata stations.<ref name="December 2, 1979"/>
Known originally as simply Virginia Square, in July 1985, the Metro board voted unanimously to rename the station Virginia Square–GMU,<ref name="July 25, 1985">Template:Citation</ref> with the "GMU" standing for the adjacent, Arlington campus of George Mason University. Arlington County paid the $50,000 required for the change.<ref name="July 25, 1985"/>
This station was closed from March 26, 2020, until June 28, 2020, due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Virginia Square–GMU Station
- Monroe Street entrance from Google Maps Street View