Landover (WMATA station)

Landover

Station statistics

Address

3000 Pennsy Drive
Landover, MD 20024

Lines

Connections

Structure

Embankment

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

1,866 spaces

Bicycle facilities

26 racks, 8 lockers

Other information

Opened

November 20, 1978

Accessible

Code

D12

Owned by

Services

Preceding station		Washington Metro		Following station
Cheverly toward Vienna		Orange Line		New Carrollton Terminus

Landover is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Landover, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on November 20, 1978, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Orange Line, the station is in a residential area of Landover at Pennsy Drive near Landover Road. It is primarily a commuter station, with parking for over 1,800 cars, but it also served the now-demolished Capital Centre, formerly the Capital Centre and former home of the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals.

The station opened on November 20, 1978.^[1]^[2] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)^[3] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton stations.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post: C1
^ ^a ^b Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post: D1
^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings". http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/metrofacts.pdf. Retrieved August 2, 2010.

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