Capitol Heights station

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.

Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights station platform
General information
Location133 Central Avenue
Capitol Heights, Maryland
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking372 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 5 racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeG02
History
OpenedNovember 22, 1980 (1980-11-22)
Passengers
2022660 daily[1]
Rank80th
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
Benning Road
toward Ashburn
 Silver Line Addison Road
toward Downtown Largo
Benning Road
toward Franconia–Springfield
 Blue Line
Location

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]

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
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)
Island platform
Eastbound →   toward Downtown Largo (Addison Road) →

References
  1. "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  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.
  5. "Radisson Metro". www.metrodemontreal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
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