Capitol Heights station 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.
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 Capitol Heights station platform | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | 133 Central Avenue Capitol Heights, Maryland | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 372 spaces | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Capital Bikeshare, 5 racks | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | G02 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | November 22, 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 794 daily[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 87 out of 98 | ||||||||||||||
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History edit
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]
In 1997, Radisson station of the Montreal Metro's Green Line was redressed to stand in for Capitol Heights in the Bruce Willis movie The Jackal.[5]
Station layout edit
| G | Street level | Exit/entrance, buses |
| M | Mezzanine | Fare gates, ticket machines, station agent |
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← toward Franconia–Springfield (Benning Road) ← toward Ashburn (Benning Road)
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| Island platform | ||
| Eastbound | toward Downtown Largo (Addison Road) →
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References edit
- ^ "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ Cooke, Janet (November 23, 1980). "Three new Metro stations have a festive first day". The Washington Post. p. D1.
- ^ Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Radisson Metro". www.metrodemontreal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- The Capitol Heights in the movie The Jackal : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119395/locations (portrayed by Radisson metro station in Montreal)
External links edit
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Capitol Heights Station
- Southern Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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