Opened 11 December 1993 | ||
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Location 5717 Greenbelt Metro Drive
Greenbelt, 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) Tracks 2 (Washington Metro)
4 (MARC) Connections Metrobus: 87, 89, 89M, B30, C2, G12, G14, R12
RTA: 302/G
TheBus: 11, 15 ,16
Shuttle-UM: 129
BoltBus Address Greenbelt, MD 20740, United States Owner Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Similar Branch Avenue station, Fort Totten station, New Carrollton station, L'Enfant Plaza station, Largo Town Center st | ||
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 the Green Line.
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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. It has a parking lot of over 3,300 spaces, and with quick access to the outerloop of the Beltway (Interstate 95 North) and from the inner loop of the Beltway (Interstate 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 Airport (BWI), allowing a connection to Baltimore transit services. Greenbelt Metro is also the most accessible station to NASA workers and visitors via TheBus routes 15 and 15X, as well as Metrobus route G14.
Service at Greenbelt began on December 11, 1993. The opening of Greenbelt station coincided with the opening of three other stations in northern Prince George's County, Md, and the completion of 7.96 miles of rail north of Fort Totten. 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.
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Use during Obama inauguration
The Greenbelt station played a role during the January 20, 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. Prior to this date, a decision was made by WMATA officials not to allow private cars 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.