Greenbelt (WMATA station)

Greenbelt MARC commuter rail station Washington Metro rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	5717 Greenbelt Metro Drive Greenbelt, MD 20740
Lines	Metro: Green Line MARC:   Camden Line
Connections	WMATA Metrobus Connect-a-Ride TheBus Shuttle-UM BoltBus
Platforms	1 island platform (Washington Metro) 2 side platforms (MARC)
Tracks	2 (Washington Metro) 4 (MARC)
Parking	3,399 spaces
Bicycle facilities	60 racks, 52 lockers
Other information
Opened	December 11, 1993 (December 11, 1993)
Accessible
Code	E10
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station College Park – University of Maryland toward Branch Avenue Green Line Terminus MARC College Park toward Union Station Camden Line Muirkirk toward Camden Station

Greenbelt station mezzanine

Greenbelt is a Washington Metro and MARC station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Green Line. It is the northeastern end of certain rush hour Yellow Line trains and Green Line.

The station is located in Greenbelt (near Berwyn Heights, Beltsville, and the northern part of College Park), off of Cherrywood Lane near the Capital Beltway. With a parking lot of over 3,300 spaces, and with quick access to the outerloop of the Beltway (Interstate 95 North ONLY) and from the inner loop of the Beltway (Interstate 95 South). Northbound commuters on 95 North en route to the Greenbelt station and commuters departing the station wanting to go southbound on 95 South should proceed North to US Route 1, exit I-95, and re-enter I-95 South. It is a commuter station for both locals and people coming from elsewhere—such as the inner loop of the Beltway or from Baltimore. An express Metrobus service, the B30 route, is also available to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), allowing a connection to Baltimore transit services. Greenbelt Metro is also the most accessible station to NASA workers and visitors via the bus routes 15 and 15X, as well as metrobus routes G12, 13, 14, and 16.

MARC train platforms at Greenbelt station (facing south)

Service began on December 11, 1993. There are tentative plans to extend the Green Line from Greenbelt northward toward Laurel, Fort Meade, and possibly BWI Airport.

MARC commuter rail trains, on the Camden line, stop at Greenbelt on a set of tracks that are parallel to the Metro tracks. The station has two high-level platforms that are handicap-accessible, but no buildings, restrooms, telephones, ticket kiosks, or heaters, and is unstaffed.

On the way to Greenbelt station, trains pass Lake Artemesia, which was created as part of the construction of the College Park-U of Md and Greenbelt stations. Sand and gravel excavated from what is now Lake Artemesia were used to construct the track bed and parking facilities at these stations.

Use during Obama inauguration

The Greenbelt station played an important role during the Inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009. Prior to this date, a decision was made by WMATA officials not to allow private automobiles to park at this station in order to allow more than 1100 charter buses to use the parking. However, only 35 such requests were made by private bus companies, and WMATA then reversed its decision, opening up 3,400 spaces to private vehicles.

External links

Media related to Greenbelt (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA: Greenbelt Station
• StationMasters Online: Greenbelt Station
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Greenbelt Station
• [1] MTA website
• entrance from Google Maps Street View