Addison Road–Seat Pleasant is a rapid-transit railway station on the Washington Metro's Blue and Silver Lines. It is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Line until 2004. The station is in Seat Pleasant on Central Avenue, although its official address puts it in Capitol Heights.

Addison Road Seat Pleasant
General information
Location	100 Addison Road South, Capitol Heights, Maryland
Coordinates	38°53′12.2″N 76°53′39.4″W
Owned by	WMATA
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: A12, C21, C22, C27, C29, J12, F14, P12, V12, V14 TheBus: 18, 20, 23
Construction
Parking	1,268 spaces
Bicycle facilities	16 racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Operating
Station code	G03
History
Opened	November 22, 1980; 41 years ago (November 22, 1980)
Previous names	Addison Road—Seat Pleasant (2000–2011)
Passengers
2021	476 daily[1] (81st)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Capitol Heights toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Morgan Boulevard toward Downtown Largo Capitol Heights toward Wiehle–Reston East Silver Line

History

The station, which has a single central platform, opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of 3.52 miles (5.66 km) of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Benning Road and Capitol Heights stations.[2] Originally named "Addison Road"; "Seat Pleasant" was added in 2000,[3] and moved to a new subtitle location in 2011.[4] It was the eastern terminus of the Blue Line from its opening until December 18, 2004, when the extension to the Largo Town Center station opened to the east.[5] In the early eighties, due to peculiarities of the system at the time, trains travelling toward Addison Road showed blue rollsigns, but switched to orange signs before departing westward, back into the city.[6]

In December 2003, security cameras at this station filmed a deer walking around the station mezzanine, running down an escalator, and going down the platform past a waiting train, as startled passengers watched. The deer then jumped onto the tracks and escaped into nearby woods. Metro spokesperson Lisa Farbstein reported that Metro had nicknamed the deer "Rudolph the Blue Line Reindeer".[7]

In December 2012, Addison Road was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the Stadium–Armory station, but was extended into Prince George's County, Maryland, to the Largo Town Center station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a pocket track just past Stadium-Armory.[8] Silver Line service at Addison Road began on July 26, 2014.[9]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platform at the Addison Road station would be rebuilt from February 13 to May 23, 2021.[10]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, parking
P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Franconia–Springfield (Capitol Heights) ← toward Wiehle–Reston East (Capitol Heights)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→   toward Downtown Largo (Morgan Boulevard) →

References

External links

• Media related to Addison Road (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons
• WMATA Addison Road station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Addison Road–Seat Pleasant Station
• Central Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View