Landover station

Landover
Landover
General information
Location	3000 Pennsy Drive; Hyattsville, MD 20785
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: A12, F12 ; TheBus: 27
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Parking	1,866 spaces
Bicycle facilities	26 racks, 8 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	D12
History
Opened	November 20, 1978; 45 years ago
Passengers
2014	2,087 daily 4.75%
Services
	Legend
Key
	All stations are accessible
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Landover is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Landover, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Orange Line, the station is in a residential area of Landover at Pennsy Drive near Landover Road. It is primarily a commuter station, with parking for over 1,800 cars, but it also served the now-demolished Capital Centre, the former home of the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals.

The station opened on November 20, 1978.^[2]^[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)^[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton stations.^[2]^[3]

Station layout

P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Vienna (Cheverly)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward New Carrollton (Terminus) →
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance

^ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
^ ^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, p. C1
^ ^a ^b Eisen, Jack (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved August 2, 2010.

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