Shirlington Transit Station

Construction Status:  Under Construction

Doors Open: February 2008

• Arlington County’s first enclosed public bus station will serve as the principal transfer point for Metrobus and ART bus service in Shirlington, one of Arlington’s growing urban villages.
• Arlington County will own, operate, and maintain the bus station.
• The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is managing the design-build contract on behalf of the County.
• The contractor, Grunley-Walsh, began construction this past March. The contractor’s designer, URS, completed the design drawings and the County approved the construction building permits in October of 2006.
• In January 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.
• Construction will be completed by January 2008 and the grand opening will occur soon after.

• The interior of the Shirlington Station will include a Commuter Store, an indoor waiting area with customer seating, and restrooms. The Commuter Store will be staffed to sell transit passes and assist customers with their transit needs.
• The partially roofed outside plaza provides protection from the weather and includes five bus stops, bike parking, and spaces for carsharing vehicles.
• The station will incorporate state-of-the-art technologies to provide information, safety, and security.
• During construction, 12 to 14 parking spaces will remain available in the adjacent parking lot for the Quincy Tower retail tenants and their cutomers. When the station is completed, the County plans to convert the parking lot to a shared use lot for bike parking, carsharing spaces, and metered public parking along with Quincy Tower customer parking.
• For a listing of Metrobus and ART routes that will stop at the future Shirlington Bus Station, click here.

For additional information and renderings, click here.