Cheverly station explained

Cheverly
Style:WMATA
Symbol:orange
Symbol Location:washington
Address:5501 Columbia Park Road
Borough:Cheverly, Maryland
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Parking:530 spaces
Bicycle:34 racks
Passengers:362 daily[1]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:97 out of 98
Accessible:Yes
Code:D11
Owned:Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Other Services Header:Former services
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Mapframe-Custom:
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Marker:rail-metro
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Cheverly station is a side-platformed Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, 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.

Cheverly had the lowest average weekday ridership of any Metro station until the opening of Loudoun Gateway in 2022 as part of Phase 2 of the Silver Line.[2]

History

The station opened on November 20, 1978.[3] [4] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4miles[5] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Deanwood, Landover, Minnesota Avenue, and New Carrollton stations.

From March 26, 2020, until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[6] [7] [8]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system.[9] New Carrollton station was closed from May 28, 2022, through September 5, 2022, as part of the summer platform improvement project, which also affected the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations.[10]

On September 10, 2022, Blue Line trains started serving the station due to the 14th Street bridge shutdown as a part of the Blue Plus service.[11] The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line.[12]

Station layout

MMezzanineFare control, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level
Westbound← toward
Eastbound toward →
Track 5 Landover Subdivision
Track 4 Landover Subdivision
Track A Landover Subdivision
GStreet levelExit/entrance, buses, parking

External links

38.9166°N -76.9169°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metrorail Ridership Summary . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . February 11, 2024.
  2. Web site: Rail Ridership Data Viewer . WMATA . July 19, 2022 . February 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230208215032/https://wmata.com/initiatives/ridership-portal/Rail-Data-Portal.cfm . dead .
  3. News: Feaver . Douglas B. . Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway . The Washington Post . C1 . November 12, 1978.
  4. News: Eisen . Jack . John . Feinstein . John Feinstein . City-County Fanfare Opens Orange Line . The Washington Post . D1 . November 18, 1978.
  5. Web site: Sequence of Metrorail openings . 2017 . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . 3 . March 27, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180702201723/https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf . July 2, 2018 . dead.
  6. Web site: Special Covid-19 System Map . . May 24, 2020 . March 27, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200327192846/https://www.wmata.com/schedules/maps/upload/2019-System-Map-COVID-19-stations-FINAL.pdf . dead.
  7. Web site: Metrorail stations closed due to COVID-19 pandemic . March 23, 2020 . . May 24, 2020.
  8. Web site: Metro to reopen 15 stations, reallocate bus service to address crowding, starting Sunday WMATA . www.wmata.com . June 22, 2020.
  9. News: Faiz . Siddiqui . Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions . . May 7, 2018 . February 19, 2019.
  10. Web site: Final phase of Metro's multi-year Platform Improvement Project begins this weekend, closing five Orange Line stations . WMATA . May 28, 2022 . May 23, 2022.
  11. Web site: Metro announces travel alternatives for major Blue and Yellow Line construction this fall . 9 March 2024.
  12. Web site: Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback . WJLA-TV . 9 March 2024.