New Carrollton (WMATA station)
| New Carrollton Amtrak station MARC commuter rail station Washington Metro rapid transit station |
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| Address | 4700 Garden City Drive (Metro) 4300 Garden City Drive (Amtrak) New Carrollton, MD 20785 |
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| Coordinates | 38°56′53″N 76°52′19″W / 38.9480°N 76.8719°WCoordinates: 38°56′53″N 76°52′19″W / 38.9480°N 76.8719°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Metro: MARC: |
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| Connections | Metrobus MTA Maryland Commuter Bus TheBus |
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms (1 for each service) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (Washington Metro) 3 (Amtrak/MARC) |
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| Parking | 3,519 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 18 racks, 16 lockers (Metro) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | January 16, 1969 (Metroliner)(Capital Beltway) November 20, 1978 (Metro)(New Carrollton) |
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| Code | NCR (Amtrak) D13 (Metro) |
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| Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2010) | 170,848[1]  4.7% (Amtrak) |
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New Carrollton rail station is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak station in New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland at the eastern end of the Orange Line and planned Purple Line, and adjacent to the Capital Beltway. The Amtrak waiting room is located beneath the Metro station platform. The Amtrak station serves Northeast Regional and Vermonter trains, as well as MARC's Penn Line. The New Carrollton Rail Yard is nearby.
[edit] History
The Pennsylvania Railroad planned the station in 1965, and the Penn Central Transportation Company opened the station on January 16, 1969 for Metroliner service. Originally named Capital Beltway Station,[2][3] it was renamed to New Carrollton. Washington Metro service began on November 20, 1978.[4][5] Its opening for Metro service coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[6] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover and Minnesota Avenue stations.[4][5]
The station has entrances at Harkins Road and Ellin Road, and Garden City Drive near US Route 50, and Exit 19 on Interstate 495. This station is planned to be one of the Metro stations on the Purple Line Light Rail route, formerly known as the Bi-County Transitway.
[edit] References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MARYLAND10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ "Old timetable from the 1970s with the old station name listed". http://www.filehive.com/files/090520/Hilltopper.jpg.
- ^ http://www.actfortransit.org/archives/publications/TransitTimes-V23-2-Apr2009.pdf
- ^ a b Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post: C1
- ^ a b Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post: D1
- ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
[edit] External links
Media related to New Carrollton (Washington Metro) at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak – Stations – New Carrollton, MD
- WMATA: New Carrollton Station
- StationMasters Online: New Carrollton Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: New Carrollton Station
- USA Rail Guide: New Carrollton Amtrak-MARC-Washington Metro Station
- Ellin Road entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Amtrak stations in Maryland
- Orange Line (Washington Metro)
- Purple Line (Washington Metro)
- Railway stations opened in 1969
- Stations along Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad lines
- Washington Metro stations in Maryland
- Maryland Area Regional Commuter stations
- Transportation in Prince George's County, Maryland
