Greenbelt (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = Greenbelt

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address = 5717 Greenbelt Metro Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20740
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Maryland MTA Buses
Laurel Connect-a-Ride
platform = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
parking = 3,399 spaces
bicycle = 60 racks, 52 lockers
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opened = December 11, 1993
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ADA = Yes
code = E10
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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Greenbelt is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Green Line. It is the northeastern end of the Green Line.

The station is located in Greenbelt (near Berwyn Heights, Beltsville, and the northern part of College Park), off of Cherrywood Lane near the Capital Beltway. With a parking lot of over 3,300 spaces, [ [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/daily-parking-detail.cfm Metro - Parking ] ] and with quick access to and from the Beltway, it is an ideal commuter station for both locals and people coming from elsewhere -- such as the Beltway or from Baltimore. An express Metrobus service, the B30 route, is also available to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), allowing a connection to Baltimore transit services. , and possibly BWI Airport.

MARC commuter rail trains, on the Camden line, stop at Greenbelt on a set of tracks that are parallel to the Metro tracks. The station has two high-level platforms and is unstaffed.

On the way to Greenbelt station, trains pass Lake Artemesia, which was created as part of the construction of the College Park-U of Md and Greenbelt stations. Sand and gravel excavated from what is now Lake Artemesia were used to construct the track bed and parking facilities at these stations.

Bus routes

Metrobus
* 81
* 87
* 89, 89M
* B30 (to BWI Airport)
* C2
* C7, C9
* R12
* R3
* T16, T17Laurel Connect-A-Ride
* HTHE BUS
* 11
* 15
* 16

References

External links

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=80 Greenbelt Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/GREENBLT/greenblt.html Greenbelt Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/green-line.asp?station=E10 Greenbelt Station]
* [http://mtamaryland.com/services/marc/schedulesSystemMaps/marcTrainSystemMap.cfm#stations] MTA website