Capitol Heights station explained

Capitol Heights
Style:WMATA
Symbol:silver
Symbol2:blue
Symbol Location:washington
Address:133 Central Avenue
Borough:Capitol Heights, Maryland
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Parking:372 spaces
Bicycle:Capital Bikeshare, 5 racks
Passengers:794 daily[1]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:87 out of 98
Accessible:Yes
Code:G02
Owned:Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Other Services Header:Former services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

Capitol Heights station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Capitol Heights, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, the station is located at 133 Central Avenue in a residential area at East Capitol Street and Southern Avenue SE. This is the first station on the two lines in Maryland going east. As of 2017, in terms of weekday average boardings, it is the least used underground station in the system and the 10th least used station overall.

History

The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of 3.52miles of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Addison Road and Benning Road stations.[2]

In December 2012, Capitol Heights 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.[3] Silver Line service at Capitol Heights began on July 26, 2014.[4]

In 1997, Radisson station of the Montreal Metro's Green Line was redressed to stand in for Capitol Heights in the Bruce Willis movie The Jackal.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metrorail Ridership Summary . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . February 11, 2024.
  2. News: Cooke . Janet . Three new Metro stations have a festive first day . November 23, 1980 . The Washington Post . D1.
  3. News: Metro details Silver Line service changes . Aratani . Lori . December 5, 2012 . The Washington Post . July 8, 2016.
  4. News: All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time . Halsey . Ashley . July 26, 2014 . The Washington Post . July 8, 2016.
  5. Web site: Radisson Metro. 2022-01-11. www.metrodemontreal.com.