Morgan Boulevard (Washington Metro)

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Morgan Boulevard

Station statistics

Address

300 Garrett Morgan Boulevard
Landover, MD 20785

Lines

Blue Line

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Parking

635 spaces

Bicycle facilities

9 racks, 40 racks

Other information

Opened

December 18, 2004

Accessible

Code

G04

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Services

Preceding station		Metrorail		Following station
Addison Road–Seat Pleasant toward Franconia–Springfield		Blue Line		Largo Town Center Terminus

Morgan Boulevard is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Blue Line; it began service on December 18, 2004. The station is less than a mile from FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins. It is about a 15-minute walk to the stadium from the station.

The Morgan Boulevard Station gained approval from Congress in 1999. Construction began in 2001, and the cost of building it and its sister station, Largo Town Center, was over $450 million.

The platform at this station is wider than others because of the estimated large volumes of passengers using it before and after football games. For commuters, there is a day care facility at the station.

Originally, the station was to be named Summerfield, owing to the adjacent Summerfield Boulevard; however, the Prince George's County Board changed the name of the street to Morgan Boulevard in memory of Garrett Morgan, the African-American inventor of the stop-go traffic light. As a result, Metro changed the name of the station to match the new street name.

This is one of the few stations not served by Metrobus. The Prince George's County bus system, called simply The Bus, serves this station.