Capitol Heights station

Capitol Heights is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Capitol Heights, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, the station is located at 133 Central Avenue in a residential area at East Capitol Street and Southern Avenue SE. This is the first station on the two lines in Maryland 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.

Capitol Heights
rapid transit station
Location133 Central Avenue, Capitol Heights, Maryland
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: 96, 97, A12, F14, V2, V4, X9
TheBus: 24, 25
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking372 spaces
Bicycle facilities5 racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeG02
History
OpenedNovember 22, 1980 (1980-11-22)
Passengers
20171,965 daily[1]  10.21%
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Benning Road
toward Franconia–Springfield
 Blue Line Addison Road
toward Largo Town Center
Benning Road
toward Wiehle–Reston East
 Silver Line

History

The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of 3.52 miles (5.66 km) of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Addison Road and Benning Road stations.[2]

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 pocket track just past Stadium-Armory.[3] Silver Line service at Capitol Heights began on July 26, 2014.[4]

Station layout
G Street level Exit/entrance, buses
M Mezzanine Fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Benning Road)
← toward Wiehle–Reston East (Benning Road)
Island platform
Eastbound →   toward Largo Town Center (Addison Road) →

References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. Cooke, Janet (November 23, 1980). "Three new Metro stations have a festive first day". The Washington Post. p. D1.
  3. Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  4. Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.


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