Landover station is an
island-platformed
Washington Metro station in
Landover, Maryland
Landover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 25,998.
Landover is contained between Sheriff Road and Central Avenue to the so ...
, United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA ), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Con ...
(WMATA). Providing service for the
Orange Line, the station is in a residential area of Landover at Pennsy Drive near Landover Road. It is primarily a commuter station, with parking for over 1,800 cars, but it also served the now-demolished
Capital Centre, the former home of the
Washington Bullets
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and
Washington Capitals
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.
History
The station opened on November 20, 1978.
Its opening coincided with the completion of of rail northeast of the
Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the
Cheverly,
Deanwood
Deanwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., bounded by Eastern Avenue to the northeast, Kenilworth Avenue to the northwest, Division Avenue to the southeast, and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue to the south.
One of Northeast's ol ...
,
Minnesota Avenue, and
New Carrollton stations.
The
Pennsylvania Railroad (later
Penn Central
The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals (the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the ...
, then
Conrail) previously operated a
commuter rail
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stop at Landover, located at Old Landover Road. In August 1982, when Conrail trains began stopping at
Capital Beltway station, used by intercity trains since 1970,
Lanham and Landover stations were closed.
In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. New Carrollton station was closed from May 28, 2022, through September 5, 2022, as part of the summer platform improvement project, which also affected the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations.
Station layout
References
External links
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* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Landover Station
Stations on the Orange Line (Washington Metro)
Washington Metro stations in Maryland
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1978
Railway stations in Prince George's County, Maryland
1978 establishments in Maryland
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