Fairfax County's Seat and a Small Independent City Share the Same Rail Line

Fairfax City and Falls Church couldn't be more different in scale - one is the seat of Virginia's largest county, the other a small independent city surrounded by it - but they share the same Orange Line corridor, and that shapes how families in either place actually get around.

Fairfax's anchor station

Vienna/Fairfax-GMU is the Orange Line's western terminus, a short distance from Fairfax City and George Mason University. It's also a large park-and-ride hub, which matters for families driving in from further out in the county to catch a train rather than driving the whole way into DC or Arlington.

Falls Church's two stations

East Falls Church and West Falls Church bracket the small city, both a short drive - or in some cases a walk - from its handful of well-regarded senior care communities near the Broad Street corridor.

Dunn Loring in between

Dunn Loring sits between the two Falls Church stations and Vienna, serving communities in that stretch of Fairfax County and offering another park-and-ride option for families further from a station.

Discharge planning note

Families moving a parent from Inova Fairfax Hospital into a nearby facility often find this corridor's stations useful for coordinating visits during a short-term rehab stay, when multiple family members may need to come and go on different days.