College Park-U of Md (Washington Metro)

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Washington Metro station
College Park-U of Md

Opened

December 11, 1993

Platform style

Center platform

RTU number

E09

Parking

1,870 spaces

Next station	Metro Lines		Next station
Prince George's Plaza		Green	Greenbelt
	MARC
Greenbelt	Camden Line		Riverdale

College Park-U of Md is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Green Line.

The station is located in College Park, Maryland 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 began on December 11, 1993.

The University runs a complimentary bus service from the station to the Stamp Student Union on campus, and several Metrobus lines stop at the station, connecting residents throughout Prince George's county to the university and to Washington, D.C.

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.

A multi-level parking garage on the east side of the station containing 1,345 parking spaces opened June 25, 2005. [1]

This station is planned to be one of the Metro stations on the Bi-County Transitway system, formerly known as the Purple Line.