Clarendon station is a side platformed Washington Metro station in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, United States. The station was opened on December 1, 1979, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station serves the Orange and Silver Lines. In 2017, over 4,000 commuters used Clarendon station every day.
Clarendon station
Clarendon is an urbanized, upper-class neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, located between the Rosslyn area and the Ballston area. It was named after Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, a leading statesman and historian of the English Civil War. The main thoroughfares are Wilson Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard.
The Clarendon Metro station entrance in May 2008
Clarendon street scene (2013)
American Legion War Memorial at intersection of Wilson Boulevard and Clarendon Boulevard in Clarendon (2008)
Nam-Viet, the first Vietnamese restaurant to open in Clarendon, seen in December 2021