Suitland is an

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station in

Suitland, Maryland Suitland is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,839. Prio ...

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. The station was opened on January 13, 2001, and is operated by the

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(WMATA). Providing service for the Green Line, the station is located at Silver Hill Road and Suitland Parkway. Groundbreaking for the final segment of the Green Line occurred on September 23, 1995, and the station opened on January 13, 2001. Its opening coincided with the completion of approximately of rail southeast of the

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station and the opening of the Branch Avenue,

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, Naylor Road and Southern Avenue stations.

Station layout

The station has an

located in an

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northeast of the interchange between

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and Silver Hill Road. A parking garage is located east of the station.

Notable places nearby

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Washington National Records Center The Washington National Records Center (WNRC) in Suitland, Maryland, stores and references records of U.S. Federal agencies located in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Physical records are transferred to WNRC when ...

Notes

External links

* The Schumin Web Transit Center
Suitland Station

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