New Carrollton station is a joint

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, and

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station just outside the city limits of New Carrollton,

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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

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. Beneath the Metro station platform, a waiting room serves Amtrak's ''

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'', '' Vermonter'', and '' Palmetto'' trains, as well as MARC's

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trains. The New Carrollton Rail Yard is nearby.

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, a nationwide intercity bus company, also stops at the station on routes serving

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, and points beyond.

History

The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve rail traffic. The first station, Lanham, 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

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(later

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) commuter trains between Washington and Baltimore. The second, Capital Beltway station, sat just inside the

. Opened on March 16, 1970, it was served by Penn Central (later Amtrak) ''Metroliners''. On November 20, 1978, the Washington Metro opened its New Carrollton station, along with the Cheverly,

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, Landover, and Minnesota Avenue stations, marking the completion of of Metro track northeast from the

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. In August 1982, Conrail commuter trains (later AMDOT, then the MARC

) began stopping at Capital Beltway, replacing stops at Lanham and Landover. On October 30, 1983, Amtrak and AMDOT moved from Capital Beltway to a new island platform and waiting room at New Carrollton station. Until 2003, some ''

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'' 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. The WMATA platforms at 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. The Purple Line light rail system will begin at New Carrollton and run west to Bethesda. The line will connect to

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stations on the Red, Green and Yellow lines. The system is under construction as of 2022 and is scheduled to open in 2026.

Station layout

At New Carrollton, the

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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.

References

External links

* StationMasters Online
New Carrollton Station
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