Structure type at-grade Tracks 4 | Opened 11 December 1993 | |
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Location 4930 Calvert Road
College Park, MD 20740 Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Line(s) Metro:
Green Line
Yellow Line (rush only)
MARC:
Camden Line Platforms 1 island platform (Washington Metro)
2 side platforms (MARC) Connections Metrobus: 83, 83X, 86, C8, F6, J4, R12
RTA: 302/G
TheBus: 14, 17
Shuttle-UM: 104, 109
MTA Commuter Bus: 204 Address College Park, MD, United States Owner Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Similar Greenbelt station, Laurel Race Track station, Prince George's Plaza stat, West Hyattsville station, Gilroy Road | ||
College Park–University of Maryland is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Green Line.
The station is located in College Park near the University of Maryland, College Park, with entrances at the intersection of Calvert Road and Bowdoin Avenue, and near the intersection of Paint Branch Parkway and River Road. It adjoins the headquarters of the American Physical Society and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Service at College Park began on December 11, 1993.
The station's bus terminal is host to several Metrobus lines, the 14 and 17 lines of The Bus, and the G Route of the Laurel Connect-a-Ride, as well as the University's complimentary Shuttle-UM running from the station to the Stamp Student Union on campus, connecting residents and passengers to Prince George's County, the University, and to Washington, D.C. The 104 bus shuttles students from the Metro to Stamp Student Union.
A multi-level parking garage on the east side of the station containing 1,345 parking spaces opened June 25, 2005.
This station is planned to be one of the Metro stations on the Purple Line system, formerly known as the Bi-County Transitway.
In addition, the station is the first to feature a Bike & Ride facility. A mesh enclosure built into the adjacent parking garage, the facility can hold up to 120 bikes and has 24-hour access. The facility hopes to increase transportation to and from the station by bike and the facility is open for use as of March 2012.
An incident on October 4, 1997, saw a single-engine plane crash into the Metro right-of-way west of College Park airport, injuring its six occupants and damaging the Metro fence and railing.
MARC service
MARC trains, on the Camden Line, stop at this station on a set of tracks that are parallel to the Metro tracks. These tracks are accessible from the west side of the station and also via a pedestrian tunnel that passes under the Metro tracks. Only select Camden Line trains stop at the College Park station. The station is unstaffed, which requires that riders buy a ticket on the train. As of 2013 the daily ridership was 152.