West Hyattsville (Washington Metro)

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West Hyattsville

Station statistics

Address

2700 Hamilton Street
Hyattsville, MD 20782

Lines

Green Line

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Parking

453 spaces

Bicycle facilities

50 racks, 36 lockers

Other information

Opened

December 11, 1993

Accessible

Code

E07

Owned by

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

1.246 million ▬ 0%

Services

Preceding station		Metrorail		Following station
Fort Totten toward Branch Avenue		Green Line		Prince George's Plaza toward Greenbelt

West Hyattsville is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Green Line. It is the first station in Maryland going northeast on the Green Line.

The station is in Hyattsville. "Chillum" was originally to be the station's name. It is located at 2700 Hamilton Street, near the west side of Ager Road and the north side of Queens Chapel Road. Service began on December 11, 1993.

West Hyattsville is one of only two stations that are elevated with side platforms. Eisenhower Avenue on the Yellow Line is the other. Arlington Cemetery on the Blue Line, Cheverly on the Orange Line, and Prince George's Plaza on the Green Line also contain side platforms, though these stations are at ground level.

West Hyattsville currently serves 1.246m riders as of 2006.^[1]