Vienna/Fairfax-GMU is a Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Orange Line. This is the western terminus of the Orange Line. Service began on June 7, 1986. The station was originally named Vienna, but was renamed in 1999.
The station is physically located in Oakton, though the station's official address is in Fairfax, in the median of Interstate 66 at Nutley Street. The station can be accessed from I-66 without merging onto Nutley Street via a series of ramps that transport commuters directly to the station's parking complexes.
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2000-11-24 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Farecard machines in mezzanine. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Bumpy tile at the edge of the platform. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2001-11-10 Comments: K Route viewed from Vienna North Parking Garage. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2002-03-02 Comments: Inbound end of platform. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2002-03-02 Comments: Pedestrian bridge to north side parking facilities. |
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Vehicle: Breda Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2002-09-27 Comments: Breda train departs from Vienna on the inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: South parking garage. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: North parking garage, seen from the north bus loop. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Station entrance pylon, north side. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Snow removal equipment, stored just inside the north pedestrian bridge for easy access should weather conditions warrant its use. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Downward view of mezzanine escalator, showing sign indicating that both tracks serve trains to New Carrollton, and showing a strip map of the entire line. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3012 (left), Breda 3010 (right) Service: no-passengers Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Train out of service on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1162 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Rohr car interior. Rohrs are easily distinguishable by having the original 70's style color scheme, shiny metal handrails on the seats, and extra windscreens and seats next to the end doors. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: Station entrance pylon, north side. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2050 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: Cab of Breda 2050, seen from inside Breda 2008. Note line color cards stored behind operator's seat. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2051 (left), Breda 2050 (right) Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: "Blind" end of two Breda 2000-Series cars. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4063 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Breda Cars Date: 2003-10-23 Comments: Interior of Breda 4063, facing cab. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Interior of Breda 3113, facing cab. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Emergency call box pylon at the far end of the platform. The emergency call box and related markings prevented this pylon from being relettered in 1999. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3113 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Canopy over about half of the platform. There are no pylons in the area covered by the canopy. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Signage between columns on the covered portion of the platform in lieu of pylons. Signage alternates between strip maps and the station name. |
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Vehicle: Breda (left), Rohr (right) Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-05-29 Comments: Platform level at night. The train on the outbound side of the platform is out of service, and the train on the inbound side of the platform has just terminated service to Vienna and will soon leave again for New Carrollton. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2005-06-23 Comments: Vending machines for SmarTrip cards. In June 2004, with the introduction of a SmarTrip-only cashless parking system, these vending machines were installed in all Metro stations that have a parking facility. You put $10 in the machine, and get a SmarTrip card with $5.00 in value already on it. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2005-06-23 Comments: The one flaw with the SmarTrip machines is that they do not accept twenty-dollar bills. If you feed it a twenty, it will take your money, and give you nothing in return except for a receipt for the twenty dollars. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3291 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-06-23 Comments: Head end of Breda 3291. This car was originally numbered 3253, and received its current number following the January 1996 collision at Shady Grove, when the mates of the two accident cars were renumbered 3290-3291. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-07-21 Comments: The Vienna/Fairfax-GMU station as viewed from the top of the North Garage. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4000-Series Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Comments: A train passes over the interlocking just east of the station on the inbound track. Metro was in the early phases of a project to replace the interlocking at Vienna at the time this photo was taken. At this point, new track sections were being brought to Vienna and stored on site. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-08-18 Comments: One side of the gates at Vienna is closed and locked after the last revenue train of the night has already departed for New Carrollton. The other gate remains open until the station closes for the night. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Track sections are stacked between the main tracks for a switch replacement project. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Faregates at Vienna. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1224 Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2004-10-02 Comments: Train is out of service on the outbound track late at night at Vienna. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5048 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: Exterior advertising wrap for McDonald's. Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5049 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: Exterior advertising wrap for McDonald's. Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5048 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: Head end of CAF 5048. The cab ends of the cars were not wrapped in any way. Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5048 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: Side of CAF 5048 showing the cab window. The wrap is neatly cut around the cab window and various vents. The wrap ends at the red, white, and blue stripes. Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5048 (left), CAF 5049 (right) Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-05-11 Comments: Blind end of McDonald's wrapped cars. Note lack of car numbers. Train is on outbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4057 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-08-17 Comments: During the late summer and early fall of 2005, Chevy Chase Bank wrapped single cars (as opposed to both cars in the pair) with a design advertising the Chevy Chase Bank ATMs recently placed in Metro stations. Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4057 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2005-08-17 Comments: During the late summer and early fall of 2005, Chevy Chase Bank wrapped single cars (as opposed to both cars in the pair) with a design advertising the Chevy Chase Bank ATMs recently placed in Metro stations. Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2005-10-12 Comments: Repainting is underway on the north pedestrian bridge over I-66. Note the blue paint on the surface of the road. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2005-10-12 Comments: View from inside the north pedestrian bridge while repainting is underway. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5045 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2006-01-04 Comments: Advertising wrap for Fox 5 Morning News. Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: CAF 5045 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2006-01-04 Comments: Advertising wrap for Fox 5 Morning News. Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-03-28 Comments: The North Garage as seen from the top level of the South Garage. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-03-28 Comments: The Vienna/Fairfax-GMU station as viewed from the top of the South Garage. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-05-16 Comments: During the rehabilitation of the North Garage, these signs were posted while the stairwell next to the elevator was closed for renovations. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: K Route Date: 2006-05-20 Comments: Interlocking and signal at Vienna/Fairfax-GMU station. |
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Vehicle: CAF (left), Breda 2000 or 3000-Series (right) Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: July 4 Service Date: 2006-07-04 Comments: At 11:00 PM, as people were leaving Washington DC after the July 4 fireworks, it was very crowded on the Metro, and also in leaving the Metro, seen here on the platform at Vienna. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2000 or 3000-Series (left), CAF (right) Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: July 4 Service Date: 2006-07-04 Comments: Leaving Metro at Vienna, seen here from the escalator, the platform was crowded. To help get the large crowd through the faregates faster, those using day passes were waved through the side gate. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-08-01 Comments: Escalators to mezzanine. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-09-12 Comments: Platform pylon lit up at night. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-10-11 Comments: New SmarTrip-only faregates, seen from outside fare control. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-10-11 Comments: New SmarTrip-only faregates, seen from inside fare control. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-11-07 Comments: Signage and brochures block access beyond the first two escalators, due to repair work being performed on the third escalator. |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2006-11-07 Comments: Signage announcing the permanent closure of a surface parking lot south of the South Garage. The third parking structure discussed in this sign was never built. |
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Vehicle: Breda 4018 Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Category: Advertising Date: 2006-11-28 |
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Location: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Date: 2007-05-08 Comments: Orange dots spray-painted on platform-edge tiles marked for replacement. |
