New Carrollton station
{{Short description|Washington Metro station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox station
| name = New Carrollton
| style = WMATA
| symbol = orange
| symbol_location = washington
| symbol2 = marc
| symbol_location2 = baltimore
| symbol3 = amtrak
| symbol_location3 = us
| image = New Carrollton from inbound end of platform.jpg
| image_caption = A Metro train at the station in May 2010
| address = 4500 Garden City Drive
| borough = New Carrollton, Maryland
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|38.9480|-76.8719|type:railwaystation_region:US-MD|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak
| line = Amtrak Northeast Corridor
| platform = 2 island platforms (1 for each service)
| tracks = 2 (Washington Metro)
3 (Amtrak/MARC)
| connections = {{Unbulleted list
|{{bus icon}} Metrobus: A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, F4, F6, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, T14, T18
|{{bus icon}} MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
|{{bus icon}} TheBus: 15X, 16, 21, 21X
|{{bus icon}} Greyhound
|{{bus icon}} Peter Pan Bus Lines
}}
| structure = At-grade
| parking = 3,519 spaces
| bicycle = 18 racks, 16 lockers
| accessible = Yes{{cite web|url=https://www.mta.maryland.gov/marc-station-information |title=MARC Station Information |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration |access-date=June 5, 2021}}
| code = {{Amtrak code|NCR}}
Metro: D13
| iata = ZRZ
| zone =
| opened = {{Start date|1978|11|20|}} (Metro)
{{Start date|1983|10|30}} (Amtrak and Conrail)
| rebuilt =
| former =
| mpassengers = {{rail pass box |system=Metro | passengers = 1,100 daily{{cite web|title=Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings|url=https://wmata.com/initiatives/ridership-portal/Rail-Data-Portal.cfm|publisher=WMATA|access-date=February 14, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213091624/https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/ridership-portal/Rail-Data-Portal.cfm|url-status=dead}} |pass_year=2022 |pass_rank= 70th (Metro)}}
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| services = {{Adjacent stations
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|line2=Palmetto|left2=Washington, D.C.|right2=BWI Airport|oneway-left2=yes
|line3=Vermonter|left3=Washington, D.C.|right3=BWI Airport
|line4=Acela Express|nonstop4=yes
|line5=Cardinal|nonstop5=yes
|line6=Carolinian|nonstop6=yes
|line7=Crescent|nonstop7=yes
|line8=Silver Meteor|nonstop8=yes
|system9=MARC
|line9=Penn|left9=Washington|right9=Seabrook
|system10=WMATA
|line10=Orange|left10=Landover
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=Amtrak
|line1=Hilltopper|left1=Washington, D.C.|right1=BWI Airport
|system2=Conrail
|line2=Baltimore-Washington
|left2=Washington, D.C.
|right2=Seabrook
|note-mid2=Replaced by Penn Line in 1984
|system3=WMATA
|line3=Blue|left3=Landover|to-left3=Huntington
}}
| other_services2_header = Future services
| other_services2_collapsible = yes
| other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=MTA Maryland|line=Purple|left=Glenridge}}
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New Carrollton station is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak station just outside the city limits of 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.autobusesamericanos.us/en/newsroom/viewrelease.aspx?id=439&year=2011|title=Greyhound Brings Premium Greyhound Express Service to the Southeast and Announces Expansion with 24 New Routes and Six New Markets|last=Staff|date=August 25, 2011|publisher=Greyhound Lines, Inc.|access-date=February 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421192804/http://www.autobusesamericanos.us/en/newsroom/viewrelease.aspx?id=439&year=2011|archive-date=April 21, 2013}}
History
The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve rail traffic.
The first station, Lanham, {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} north of the current station, opened in the 1870s. By the late 1960s, it consisted of a small shelter and an asphalt platform served by a few Penn Central (later Conrail) commuter trains between Washington and Baltimore.
The second, Capital Beltway station, sat just inside the Capital Beltway. Opened on March 16, 1970, it was served by Penn Central (later Amtrak) Metroliners.{{cite news|title=More Metro stops added at Capital Beltway stops |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1092721/capital_beltway_opens/|newspaper=The Capital|date=May 15, 1970|page=16|via = Newspapers.com|access-date =October 1, 2014 }} {{Open access}}
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 {{convert|7.4|mi|km}} of Metro track northeast from the Stadium–Armory station.{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf |title=Sequence of Metrorail openings |date=2017 |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |page=3 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140221/https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last=Feaver |first=Douglas B. |title=Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/11/12/orange-line-brings-metro-to-beltway/75023450-8c3d-4aba-b686-e0ad9cf8746f/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=C1 |date=November 12, 1978}}{{cite news |last1=Eisen |first1=Jack |first2=John |last2=Feinstein |author-link2=John Feinstein |title=City-County Fanfare Opens Orange Line |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/11/18/city-county-fanfare-opens-orange-line/54c66c2f-94e6-4df1-ae84-815ccb01a181/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=D1 |date=November 18, 1978}}
In August 1982, Conrail commuter trains (later AMDOT, then the MARC Penn Line) began stopping at Capital Beltway, replacing stops at Lanham and Landover.{{cite news |first=Frances |last=Sauve |title=Commuter Trains' New Stop: Beltway Station |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/08/11/commuter-trains-new-stop/c39a19eb-c5b1-4529-a82f-b67fa0f5344e/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 11, 1982 |page=MD11 |id={{ProQuest|147456718}}}} On October 30, 1983, Amtrak and AMDOT moved from Capital Beltway to a new island platform and waiting room at New Carrollton station.{{cite journal |url=http://www.actfortransit.org/archives/publications/TransitTimes-V23-2-Apr2009.pdf |title=30th Anniversary of New Carrollton Station |date=April 2009 |journal=Transit Times |volume=23 |issue=2 |first=Tom |last=Fuchs |page=5 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |access-date=June 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408043148/http://www.actfortransit.org/archives/publications/TransitTimes-V23-2-Apr2009.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Metro Parking Spots Rented to Amtrak For Temporary Use at New Carrollton |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 28, 1983 |page=C12 |id={{ProQuest|147479061}}}}{{cite web |url=http://history.amtrak.com/archives/i-new-i-new-carrollton-station-brochure-1983 |title="New New Carrollton station" brochure, 1983 |website=Amtrak: History of America's Railroad |date=1983 |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415051359/https://history.amtrak.com/archives/i-new-i-new-carrollton-station-brochure-1983/ |url-status=dead }}
Until 2003, some Acela Express trains stopped at New Carrollton. In October 2015, the Palmetto began stopping in New Carrollton.
In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.{{cite news |first=Faiz |last=Siddiqui |title=Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 7, 2018 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-wants-to-rebuild-20-station-platforms-in-three-years-creating-safetrack-like-disruptions/2018/05/07/f7c19dcc-5164-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html |access-date=February 19, 2019}} The Metro station was closed from May 28, 2022 to September 5, 2022, as part of the summer Platform Improvement Project, which also affected stations north of {{wmata|Stadium-Armory}} on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations.{{cite web |title=Final phase of Metro's multi-year Platform Improvement Project begins this weekend, closing five Orange Line stations |url=https://wmata.com/about/news/Final-phase-of-Platform-Improvement-Project-begins-this-weekend-on-Orange-Line.cfm |website=WMATA |access-date=May 28, 2022 |date=May 23, 2022}}
On September 10, 2022, Blue Line trains started serving the station due to the 14th Street bridge shutdown as a part of the Blue Plus service.{{cite web |title=Metro announces travel alternatives for major Blue and Yellow Line construction this fall |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Blue-Yellow-fall-travel-alternatives.cfm |access-date=9 March 2024}} The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line.{{cite web |title=Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-metro-yellow-line-reopens-sunday-schedule-times-trains-stations-change-huntington-fairfax-county-greenbelt-maryland-mount-vernon-square-washington-dc-turnback-wmata-gm-randy-clarke-riders-upset-potomac-river-lenfant-plaza |website=WJLA-TV |date=May 7, 2023 |access-date=9 March 2024}}
Half of Silver Line trains are planned to operate between {{wmata|Ashburn}} and New Carrollton beginning on June 22, 2025.{{cite press release |title=Metro Board of Directors approves $4.957 billion FY2026 budget that improves service without raising fares |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-Board-of-Directors-approves-FY2026-budget.cfm |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |date=April 10, 2025}} The Purple Line light rail line is under construction between New Carrolton and {{wmata|Bethesda}}. It is expected to open in 2027.{{Cite web |title=Stations |url=https://www.purplelinemd.com/about-the-project/stations |access-date=July 2, 2022 |website=Purple Line |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration |location=Baltimore, MD}}{{cite news |last=Shaver |first=Katherine |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Md. board approves $3.4 billion contract to complete Purple Line |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/01/26/purple-line-contract-maryland/}}
Station layout
File:New Carrollton MARC station platform.jpg
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.{{Cite web |url=http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/marcplanfull.pdf |title=MARC Growth & Investment Plan}}
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References
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External links
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{{Amtrak web|NCR|New Carrollton, MD}}
{{WMATA links}}
- StationMasters Online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130306113949/http://stationmasters.com/System_Map/NEWCARRO/newcarro.html New Carrollton Station]
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