The Orange Line is a metro line in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area that runs between Vienna, Virginia and New Carrollton, Maryland. The line serves several neighborhoods in Arlington and Fairfax County, Virginia, including the Ballston, Virginia Square, Clarendon, and Courthouse neighborhoods in Arlington, as well as the Dunn Loring and Vienna neighborhoods in Fairfax County.
The Orange Line has 26 stations, including six in Arlington and four in Fairfax County. The line runs through some of the most densely populated areas in the region and provides easy access to many job centers, shopping centers, and entertainment venues.
Some of the notable stations on the Orange Line in Arlington include Ballston-MU, which is home to the Ballston Quarter shopping center and several office buildings, and Clarendon, which is a popular shopping and dining destination in Arlington. The Orange Line also stops at the Rosslyn station, which is a major transportation hub and offers easy connections to other metro lines, buses, and the nearby Key Bridge to Georgetown.
In Fairfax County, the Orange Line serves the Dunn Loring-Merrifield station, which is near the Mosaic District shopping center and several office buildings, and the Vienna station, which is near the town of Vienna and offers connections to several bus routes.
