New Carrollton station

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New Carrollton
Amtrak station
MARC commuter rail station
Washington Metro rapid transit station
New Carrollton from inbound end of platform.jpg
Location 4700 Garden City Drive (Metro)
4300 Garden City Drive (Amtrak)
New Carrollton, MD 20785
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Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak
Line(s) Metro:

Orange Line Orange Line

  Purple Line (proposed)

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Platforms 2 island platforms (1 for each service)
Tracks 2 (Washington Metro)
3 (Amtrak/MARC)
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: 87, B21, B22, B24, B27, B29, B31, C28, F4, F6, F12, F13, F14, G12, G13, G14, G16, T14, T18
Bus transport MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
Bus transport TheBus: 15X, 16, 21, 21X
Bus transport Greyhound
Construction
Parking 3,519 spaces
Bicycle facilities 18 racks, 16 lockers (Metro)
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code NCR (Amtrak)
D13 (Metro)
History
Opened 30 November 1978 (1978-11-30)
Traffic
Passengers (2014) 168,433 annually[1] Increase 0.22% (Amtrak)
Passengers (2014) 9,098 daily [2] Decrease 1.56% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
toward Vienna
 Orange Line Terminus
MARC
Terminus
 Penn Line
toward Perryville
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
Northeast Regional
Terminus
 Vermonter
toward St. Albans

New Carrollton 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.

Beneath the Metro station platform, a waiting room serves Amtrak's Northeast Regional and Vermonter 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.[3]

MARC Ridership

As of 2013, the daily MARC ridership was 982.

History

The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve intercity 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 trains.[4]

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.[4][5]

On November 20, 1978, the Washington Metro opened its New Carrollton station[6][7] — along with the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover, and Minnesota Avenue stations[6][7] — marking the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km) of Metro track northeast from the Stadium–Armory station.[8]

In the early 1980s, the state of Maryland took over commuter rail from Conrail (the successor to the Penn Central). The newly renamed MARC service was moved to Capital Beltway Station and Lanham station was abandoned. In 1983, Amtrak and MARC shifted service to the New Carrollton station, using a new island platform next to the existing Washington Metro platform.[9]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Westbound ← Orange Line Orange Line toward Vienna (Landover)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Westbound ← Orange Line Orange Line toward Vienna (Landover)
Track 1 ← Amtrak/MARC service (non-stopping track)
Track 3 ← Amtrak toward Baltimore and points north (BWI Airport)
← MARC Penn Line toward Perryville (Seabrook)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Track 2 → Amtrak/MARC toward Washington and points south (Washington) →
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
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. 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.

Long-term plans for the New Carrollton station include adding a second island platform (providing access to Track 1) and adding a fourth track.[10]

References

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  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read
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  9. ↑ Amtrak History & Archives. Accessed March 28, 2013.
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