New Carrollton station

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Amtrak inter-city rail station MARC commuter rail station rapid transit station
A Metro train at New Carrollton station in May 2010
General information
Location	4700 Garden City Drive (Metro) 4300 Garden City Drive (Amtrak) New Carrollton, Maryland
Coordinates	38.9480°N 76.8719°W / 38.9480; -76.8719
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 for each service)
Tracks	2 (Washington Metro) 3 (Amtrak/MARC)
Connections	Metrobus: 87, B21, B22, B24, B27, B29, C28, F4, F6, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, T14, T18 MTA Maryland Commuter Bus TheBus: 15X, 16, 21, 21X Greyhound Peter Pan Bus Lines
Construction
Parking	3,519 spaces
Bicycle facilities	18 racks, 16 lockers (Metro)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	NCR (Amtrak) D13 (Metro)
History
Opened	November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) (Metro) October 30, 1983 (1983-10-30) (Amtrak and Conrail)
Passengers
2017	176,409 annually  1.79% (Amtrak)
2017	3,691 daily   47.2% (Metro)
Services
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New Carrollton is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak station in New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland located at the eastern end of the Metro's Orange Line. The station will also serve as the eastern terminus of the Purple Line, currently under construction, and is adjacent to the Capital Beltway.

Beneath the Metro station platform, a waiting room serves Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Vermonter, and Palmetto trains, as well as MARC's Penn Line trains. The New Carrollton Rail Yard is nearby.

Greyhound, a nationwide intercity bus company, also stops at the station on routes serving Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, New York City, Pittsburgh, and points beyond. Peter Pan Bus Lines also serves the station.

History

The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve rail traffic.

The first station, Lanham, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) north of the current station, consisted of a small shelter and an asphalt platform served by a few Penn Central (later Conrail) commuter trains.

Metroliner at Capital Beltway in 1974.

The second, Capital Beltway, sat just inside the Capital Beltway. Opened on March 16, 1970, it was served by Penn Central (later Amtrak) Metroliners.

On November 20, 1978, the Washington Metro opened its New Carrollton station, along with the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover, and Minnesota Avenue stations, marking the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km) of Metro track northeast from the Stadium–Armory station.

In August 1982, Conrail commuter trains (later AMDOT, then the MARC Penn Line) began stopping at Capital Beltway station; the Lanham and Landover stations were closed. On October 30, 1983, Amtrak and AMDOT moved from Capital Beltway to a new island platform and waiting room at New Carrollton station.

Until 2003, some Acela Express trains stopped at New Carrollton.

In October 2015, the Palmetto began stopping in New Carrollton.

Station layout

Amtrak/MARC platform

At New Carrollton, the Northeast Corridor consists of three tracks. The westernmost two tracks (Tracks 2 and 3) have an island platform between them, with Track 1 having no platform. To the east of the Amtrak platform is the Metro platform, serving the Orange Line. Bus loops and parking lots are located on both sides of the rail line.

The station has entrances at Harkins Road and Ellin Road, and Garden City Drive near U.S. Route 50, and Exit 19 on Interstate 495.

Long-term plans for the New Carrollton station include adding a second island platform (providing access to Track 1) and adding a fourth track.

P Platform level	Track 3	← Amtrak Northeast Corridor services toward points south (Washington, DC) ← MARC Penn Line toward Washington, DC (Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 2	→ MARC Penn Line toward Baltimore, Martin Airport or Perryville (Seabrook) → → Amtrak Northeast Corridor services toward points north (BWI Marshall Airport) →
	Track 1	← Amtrak Northeast Corridor services, MARC Penn Line do not stop here →
	Westbound	← toward Vienna (Landover) → alighting passengers only
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Westbound	← toward Vienna (Landover) → alighting passengers only
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G	Street level	Exit/entrance and parking

External links

• New Carrollton, MD – Amtrak
• New Carrollton, MD – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• WMATA: New Carrollton Station
• StationMasters Online: New Carrollton Station
• New Carrollton, MD (NCR) (Amtrak's Great American Stations)

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