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 Date: 2000-11-24 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Farecard machines in mezzanine. |
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Location: Vienna 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 Date: 2001-07-07 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Vehicle: Rohr Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna Date: 2001-07-28 Comments: Train is on inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2001-11-10 Comments: K Route viewed from Vienna North Parking Garage. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2002-03-02 Comments: Inbound end of platform. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2002-03-02 Comments: Pedestrian bridge to north side parking facilities. |
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Vehicle: Breda Location: Vienna Date: 2002-09-27 Comments: Breda train departs from Vienna on the inbound track. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: South parking garage. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: North parking garage, seen from the north bus loop. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Station entrance pylon, north side. |
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Location: Vienna 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 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 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 Category: Rohr Cars Date: 2003-02-08 Comments: Rohr car interior. Rohrs are easily distinguishable by having the original 70s 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 Date: 2003-08-09 Comments: Station entrance pylon, north side. |
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Vehicle: Breda 2050 Service: WMATA Orange Line Location: Vienna 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 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 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 Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-01-03 Comments: Interior of Breda 3113, facing cab. |
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Location: Vienna 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Track sections are stacked between the main tracks for a switch replacement project. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2004-08-28 Comments: Faregates at Vienna. |
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Vehicle: Rohr 1224 Location: Vienna 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Date: 2006-08-01 Comments: Escalators to mezzanine. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2006-09-12 Comments: Platform pylon lit up at night. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2006-10-11 Comments: New SmarTrip-only faregates, seen from outside fare control. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2006-10-11 Comments: New SmarTrip-only faregates, seen from inside fare control. |
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Location: Vienna 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 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 Category: Advertising Date: 2006-11-28 |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2007-05-08 Comments: Orange dots spray-painted on platform-edge tiles marked for replacement. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2008-04-12 Comments: Escalator between the platform and the mezzanine. This escalator is normally set to go up. |
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Location: Vienna Date: 2010-05-01 Comments: “Next Train” sign. |
