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Deanwood is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., 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 final station in the District of Columbia going east. The station is located at Minnesota Avenue and 48th Street Northeast. It is architecturally similar to its sister station, Minnesota Avenue.

Deanwood
General information
Location	4720 Minnesota Avenue, NE, Washington, D.C.
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: R12, U7, V14, W4 Anacostia Riverwalk Trail
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Parking	194 spaces
Bicycle facilities	8 racks, 4 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	D10
History
Opened	November 20, 1978; 43 years ago (November 20, 1978)
Passengers
2021	483 daily[1] (80th)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Minnesota Avenue toward Vienna Orange Line Cheverly 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 Cheverly, Landover, Minnesota Avenue, and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[5] 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.[6]

Station layout

P Platform level	Track 5	→ Landover Subdivision
	Track 4	→ Landover Subdivision
	Westbound	← toward Vienna/Fairfax–GMU (Minnesota Avenue)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward New Carrollton (Cheverly) →
	Track 3	→ Alexandria Extension
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, parking
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket machines, station agent

Notable places nearby

• Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

References

External links

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

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Deanwood Station
• Minnesota Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Polk Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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