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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, the former home of the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals.

Landover
Landover station in May 2010
General information
Location	3000 Pennsy Drive, Hyattsville, Maryland
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: A12, F12 TheBus: 27
Construction
Parking	1,866 spaces
Bicycle facilities	26 racks, 8 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	D12
History
Opened	November 20, 1978 (November 20, 1978)
Passengers
2021	444 daily[1] (83rd)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Cheverly toward Vienna Orange Line New Carrollton Terminus

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, Deanwood, Minnesota Avenue, and New Carrollton stations.[2][3]

The Pennsylvania Railroad (later Penn Central, then Conrail) previously operated a commuter rail stop at Landover, located at Old Landover Road. In August 1982, when Conrail trains began stopping at Capital Beltway station, used by intercity trains since 1970, Lanham and Landover stations were closed.[5]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[6] 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.[7]

Station layout

P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Vienna (Cheverly)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward New Carrollton (Terminus) →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, parking

References

External links

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

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Landover Station

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