New Carrollton (WMATA station)

New Carrollton Amtrak station MARC commuter rail station Washington Metro rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	4700 Garden City Drive (Metro) 4300 Garden City Drive (Amtrak) New Carrollton, MD 20785
Coordinates	38°56′53″N 76°52′19″W / 38.9480°N 76.8719°W / 38.9480; -76.8719Coordinates: 38°56′53″N 76°52′19″W / 38.9480°N 76.8719°W / 38.9480; -76.8719
Lines	Metro:   Orange Line MARC:   Penn Line Amtrak:   Northeast Regional   Vermonter
Connections	Metrobus MTA Maryland Commuter Bus TheBus
Platforms	2 island platforms (1 for each service)
Tracks	2 (Washington Metro) 3 (Amtrak/MARC)
Parking	3,519 spaces
Bicycle facilities	18 racks, 16 lockers (Metro)
Other information
Opened	January 16, 1969 (Metroliner)(Capital Beltway) November 20, 1978 (Metro)(New Carrollton)
Accessible
Code	NCR (Amtrak) D13 (Metro)
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	170,848[1]  4.7% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station Landover toward Vienna Orange Line Terminus MARC Union Station Terminus Penn Line Seabrook toward Perryville Amtrak Washington, D.C. toward Newport News or Lynchburg Northeast Regional BWI Airport toward Boston South Station or Springfield Washington, D.C. Terminus Vermonter BWI Airport toward St. Albans

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.

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.

References

1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, State of Maryland" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/MARYLAND10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-06. 
2. ^ "Old timetable from the 1970s with the old station name listed". http://www.filehive.com/files/090520/Hilltopper.jpg. 
3. ^ http://www.actfortransit.org/archives/publications/TransitTimes-V23-2-Apr2009.pdf
4. ^ ^{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 
5. ^ ^{a b} Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post: D1 
6. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved August 2, 2010. 

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

New Carrollton station east entrance exterior, located off US 50.