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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 the residential area of Cheverly at Columbia Park Road near U.S. Route 50. It is a commuter station with 530 parking spaces. In 2021, Cheverly had the lowest average weekly ridership of any Metro station.[1]

Cheverly
General information
Location	5501 Columbia Park Road, Cheverly, Maryland
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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
Other information
Station code	D11
History
Opened	November 20, 1978; 43 years ago (November 20, 1978)
Passengers
2021	247 daily[1] (91st)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Deanwood toward Vienna Orange Line Landover toward New Carrollton

History

The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2][3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Deanwood, Landover, Minnesota Avenue, and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]

From March 26, 2020, until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[5][6][7]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[8] New Carrollton station was closed from May 28, 2022, through September 5, 2022, as part of the summer platform improvement project, which also is affecting the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses were free parking are provided at the closed stations.[9]

Station layout

M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Side platform
	Westbound	← toward Vienna/Fairfax–GMU (Deanwood)
	Eastbound	→ toward New Carrollton (Landover) →
	Side platform
	Track 5	→ Landover Subdivision
	Track 4	→ Landover Subdivision
	Track A	→ Landover Subdivision
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, parking

References

External links

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

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Cheverly Station
• Station from Google Maps Street View

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