Planned for wheelchair riders
Blue Line at the edge of the cemetery. Two elevators connect the platform and the street. Then you head outside to the Welcome Center and the cemetery roads, run by the U.S. Army.
Written for riders who need working elevators to visit the cemetery.
Station C06
Why this stop exists
Arlington Cemetery · Welcome Center approach
Metro ends at the edge. After that, the cemetery is run by the U.S. Army.
Disability & mobility
Arlington Cemetery station is marked wheelchair-accessible, with two elevators. If they are out, Pentagon and Rosslyn stations are not an easy substitute: the Welcome Center is a long way from both.
Welcome
The main visitor entrance after you come up. The cemetery publishes accessibility information for the tour tram, shuttles, and facilities. Metro only gets you to the edge of the cemetery.
Accessibility page for Arlington Welcome Center
Best for the Welcome Center and a visitor day
Grounds
Same station, longer trip outside. Slopes, heat, and distances are part of the cemetery. This is not a backup if the elevators fail.
Cemetery safety page for Memorial Amphitheater area
Best for outdoor memorial routes
At this stop, “accessible” only holds when both elevators are working. Not every memorial path is step-free.
If the elevators are out, check our live map before you ride the Blue Line past Pentagon. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) elevator-outage shuttle: 202-962-1825 · TTY 202-638-3780.
On the ground
Three steps: the elevator, the cemetery edge, the Welcome Center.
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Two elevators connect the platform and the street. The only other way down is stairs.
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At street level you’re at the front edge of the cemetery: roads, slopes, and other visitors.
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Shuttles and memorial routes are on the cemetery’s accessibility page. Our Metro status only covers the station elevators.
Why this stop feels like this
Arlington Cemetery station exists for memorial visits. Whether you can make one depends on the elevators.
The stop exists so Blue Line riders can reach the Welcome Center without a long route from Pentagon. Getting out of the station still depends on the elevators.
Before you board, decide where you’re heading (the Welcome Center or a specific memorial route). If an elevator is out, change plans; don’t treat it as a small delay.
On the street
Arlington Cemetery station
Memorial Avenue · cemetery edge
Arlington, Virginia
Cemetery elevators · to the Welcome Center
Blue
Nearby when the elevators work: Welcome Center, memorial roads, cemetery shuttles. When they don’t: don’t assume Pentagon means the same trip outside.
Open Arlington Cemetery on the live mapLive elevator status at Arlington CemeteryAfter the elevator
Sorted shortest first. Times are hand-set for a chair or stroller pace after you clear the elevators — not live routing.
At the venue
We copied these by hand from each venue’s own pages. They may be out of date or wrong, so confirm on the venue’s page before you go.
Source: Arlington National Cemetery
Source: Arlington National Cemetery
Last look
Four things to check before you go.
Two elevators matter here. An outage ends the Metro part of the trip before you reach the cemetery.
The Welcome Center or a longer memorial route. Decide before you leave the platform.
Shuttles, slopes, and building access are on the cemetery’s pages, not Metro’s.
Metro elevator status is on our map. Cemetery access is on Arlington National Cemetery’s site.
About this guide. We put these guides together by hand. Travel times are our own estimates, and venue details are copied from their websites, so either can be wrong or out of date. Check the venue’s page before you go. For elevators, trust the live map and the transit agency.