Cheverly station
Cheverly | |||||||||||
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| Location |
5501 Columbia Park Road Cheverly, MD 20785 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
 Orange Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
 Metrobus: F1, F2, F8, F12, F13 TheBus: 18, 23 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Surface | ||||||||||
| Parking | 530 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 34 racks | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | D11 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | November 20, 1978 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2014) |
1,493 daily [1]  3.49% | ||||||||||
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Cheverly is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Cheverly, 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 the first station going east in Maryland on the Orange Line. The station is in a residential area of Cheverly at Columbia Park Road near U.S. Route 50. It is a commuter station with 530 parking spaces. As of 2011, Cheverly had the lowest average weekly ridership of any Metro station.[2]
The station opened on November 20, 1978.[3][4] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[5] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Deanwood, Landover, Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton stations.[3][4]
Station layout
| P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Westbound | ← Orange Line toward Vienna (Deanwood) | |
| Eastbound | → Orange Line toward New Carrollton (Landover) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
| G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
References
- ↑ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- ↑ "Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. June 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
- 1 2 Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post, p. C1
- 1 2 Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
- ↑ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (July 2009). "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Retrieved August 2, 2010.
External links
Media related to Cheverly (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
- WMATA: Cheverly Station
- StationMasters Online: Cheverly Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Cheverly Station
- Station from Google Maps Street View
Coordinates: 38°54′59.6″N 76°55′0.7″W / 38.916556°N 76.916861°W