Capitol Heights is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Capitol Heights,

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. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the

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(WMATA). Providing service for the

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and

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Lines, the station is located at 133 Central Avenue in a residential area at

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and Southern Avenue SE. This is the first station on the two lines in

going east. As of 2017, in terms of weekday average boardings, it is the least used underground station in the system and the 10th least used station overall.

History

The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Addison Road and

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stations. In December 2012, Capitol Heights was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the Stadium-Armory station, but was extended into Prince George's County, Maryland to the Largo Town Center station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a

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just past Stadium-Armory. Silver Line service at Capitol Heights began on July 26, 2014. In 1997, Radisson station of the Montreal Metro’s Green Line was redressed to stand in for Capitol Heights in the

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movie '' The Jackal''.

Station layout

References

* The Capitol Heights in the movie '' The Jackal'' : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119395/locations (portrayed by Radisson metro station in

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External links

* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Capitol Heights Station

Southern Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Stations on the Blue Line (Washington Metro) Stations on the Silver Line (Washington Metro) Washington Metro stations in Maryland Railway stations in the United States opened in 1980 1980 establishments in Maryland Railway stations located underground in Maryland {{Maryland-railstation-stub