College Park–University of Maryland (Washington Metro)

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College Park-U of MD
Station statistics
Address 4930 Calvert Road
College Park, MD 20740
Lines
Green Line
Connections MARC:
Camden Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking 1,870 spaces
Bicycle facilities 81 racks, 40 lockers
Other information
Opened December 11, 1993
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code E09
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Services
Preceding station   Metrorail   Following station
Green Line
Terminus
Preceding station   MARC   Following station
toward Washington
Camden Line

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 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 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..

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 Purple Line system, formerly known as the Bi-County Transitway.

[edit] 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/biker tunnel that goes under the Metro tracks. Most Camden Line trains stop there. The station is unstaffed which requires that you buy a ticket on the train.

[edit] Bus routes

Metrobus

  • 83, 86
  • C8
  • F6
  • J4
  • R12

Laurel Connect-A-Ride

  • G
  • H

THE BUS

  • 14
  • 17

UM Student Shuttle

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