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Hyattsville Crossing
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The station in September 2021
General information
Location3575 East–West Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland
Coordinates38°57′55″N 76°57′22″W / 38.965248°N 76.955988°W / 38.965248; -76.955988Coordinates: 38°57′55″N 76°57′22″W / 38.965248°N 76.955988°W / 38.965248; -76.955988
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Metrobus: 86, C4, F4, F6, F8, R4
Bus transport TheBus: 13, 14, 18, 19
Bus transport Shuttle-UM: 113
Construction
Structure typeopen-cut
Parking1,068 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 40 racks and 24 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeE08
History
OpenedDecember 11, 1993 (December 11, 1993)
Rebuilt2021
Previous namesPrince George's Plaza (1993–2022)
Passengers
20221,688 daily[1]
Rank46th
Services
Preceding station WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro Following station
West Hyattsville Green Line College Park–University of Maryland
toward Greenbelt
West Hyattsville
toward Huntington
Yellow Line
suspended until May 2023
Location

Hyattsville Crossing station is a Washington Metro station in Hyattsville, Maryland, on the Green Line and Yellow Line. It opened on December 11, 1993 as Prince George's Plaza, referencing the nearby Prince George's Plaza, now known as The Mall at Prince Georges. The station has a unique layout in that it is an open-cut side platformed station with a parking garage directly over the tracks.

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Washington Metro

Washington Metro

The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 97 stations, and 129 miles (208 km) of route.

Hyattsville, Maryland

Hyattsville, Maryland

Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and also a close, urban suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States Census.

Green Line (Washington Metro)

Green Line (Washington Metro)

The Green Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 21 stations in the District of Columbia and Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The Green Line runs from Branch Avenue to Greenbelt. It was the last line in the original Metrorail plan to be constructed, and is one of three north–south lines through the city of Washington. The Green Line shares tracks with the Yellow line from L'Enfant Plaza to Greenbelt.

Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

The Yellow Line is a rapid transit line of the Washington Metro system that runs between Huntington Station in Virginia and Greenbelt station in Maryland. It consists of 21 stations in Fairfax County, Alexandria County, and Arlington County in Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County, Maryland.

The Mall at Prince Georges

The Mall at Prince Georges

The Mall at Prince George's, formerly known as Prince George's Plaza, is an enclosed regional shopping mall located in Hyattsville, Maryland, at the intersection of Belcrest Road and East-West Highway. It is served by a Washington Metro station, Hyattsville Crossing. This station is on the Green Line and Yellow Line. Located across Belcrest Road from the Mall is the University Town Center mixed-use development.

Side platform

Side platform

A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms, one for each direction of travel, is the basic design used for double-track railway lines. Side platforms may result in a wider overall footprint for the station compared with an island platform where a single width of platform can be shared by riders using either track.

History

The station is located in a commercial area of Hyattsville near The Mall at Prince Georges, which, prior to receiving its second name in November 2004, was called Prince George's Plaza, at East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410) and Belcrest Road. Service began on December 11, 1993.

Originally, only Green Line trains served the station and ran between Fort Totten and Greenbelt. Eventually, this segment of the Green Line was connected with the rest of the Green Line in September 1999.[2]

Rush hour Yellow Line trains began operating at this station from June 12, 2012, operating between Greenbelt and Franconia–Springfield. However, on June 25, 2017, this service was discontinued because of budget cuts.[3]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platforms at the Greenbelt station would be rebuilt starting on May 29, 2021, through September 6, 2021.[4][5][6]

In November 2020, WMATA approved a request from Prince George's County to change the name of the former Prince George's Plaza station to Hyattsville Crossing. The new name took effect on September 11, 2022.[7][8]

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Hyattsville, Maryland

Hyattsville, Maryland

Hyattsville is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and also a close, urban suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 21,187 at the 2020 United States Census.

The Mall at Prince Georges

The Mall at Prince Georges

The Mall at Prince George's, formerly known as Prince George's Plaza, is an enclosed regional shopping mall located in Hyattsville, Maryland, at the intersection of Belcrest Road and East-West Highway. It is served by a Washington Metro station, Hyattsville Crossing. This station is on the Green Line and Yellow Line. Located across Belcrest Road from the Mall is the University Town Center mixed-use development.

Maryland Route 410

Maryland Route 410

Maryland Route 410 (MD 410) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland and known for most of its length as East–West Highway. The highway runs east to west for 13.92 miles (22.40 km) from MD 355 in Bethesda east to Pennsy Drive in Landover Hills. MD 410 serves as a major east–west commuter route through the inner northern suburbs of Washington, D.C., connecting the commercial districts of Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Hyattsville. In addition, the highway serves the industrial area of Landover Hills and the residential suburbs of Chevy Chase, Takoma Park, Chillum, Riverdale, and East Riverdale. The road also connects many of the arterial highways and freeways that head out of Washington. Additionally, it provides a highway connection to transit and commercial hubs centered around Washington Metro subway stations in Bethesda, Takoma Park, Hyattsville, Silver Spring, and New Carrollton–the latter two of which provide additional connections to MARC and Amtrak trains.

Fort Totten station

Fort Totten station

Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green, Yellow and Red Lines. It is the last station on the Green and Yellow lines in the District of Columbia before heading into Maryland. It is one of two stations with three levels, and is doubly unique in being the only multi-level transfer station built above ground and being the only such station to have island platforms on both levels, as opposed to just the lower level. The station's name comes from a Civil War-era fortification which itself was named after General Joseph Gilbert Totten, the Chief Engineer of the antebellum US Army.

Greenbelt station

Greenbelt station

Greenbelt station is a Washington Metro and MARC station in Prince George's County, Maryland. The station is the northeastern terminus of both the Green and Yellow lines of the Washington Metro. MARC commuter rail trains on the Camden Line also stop at Greenbelt on a set of tracks parallel to the Metro tracks.

Franconia–Springfield station

Franconia–Springfield station

Franconia–Springfield is a Washington Metro rapid transit station and Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station located in Springfield, Virginia, United States. The station is the southwestern terminus of the Metro Blue Line and an intermediate station on the VRE Fredericksburg Line. It is also a major bus terminal for Fairfax Connector buses, plus other local and intercity bus routes. The station has one island-platform serving the two Metro tracks, plus two side platforms serving the RF&P Subdivision on which the Fredericksburg Line runs.

Source: "Hyattsville Crossing station", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 12th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyattsville_Crossing_station.

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References
  1. ^ "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Miller, Bill. "Residents Take Green Line Complaints to Court." Washington Post. April 18, 1998; Layton, Lyndsey. "Link to the Future." Washington Post. September 18, 1999; Layton, Lyndsey. "Metro Goes to New Heights." Washington Post. September 19, 1999.
  3. ^ "Metro announces June 25 effective date for new hours, fares, schedules". WMATA. May 12, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions". Washington Post. May 7, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Metro announces travel alternatives during summer platform reconstruction work | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  6. ^ "Alternative Travel Options Summer 2021 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "Metro to implement five station name changes Sept. 11 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  8. ^ Barthel, Margaret (November 19, 2020). "Tysons Corner And Prince George's Plaza Metro Stations Are Getting New Names". DCist. Washignton, D.C. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
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