| Landover | |||||||||||
| Style: | WMATA | ||||||||||
| Symbol: | orange | ||||||||||
| Symbol Location: | washington | ||||||||||
| Address: | 3000 Pennsy Drive | ||||||||||
| Borough: | Hyattsville, Maryland | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Structure: | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking: | 1,866 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | 26 racks, 8 lockers | ||||||||||
| Passengers: | 578 daily[1] | ||||||||||
| Pass Year: | 2023 | ||||||||||
| Pass Rank: | 95 out of 98 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Code: | D12 | ||||||||||
| Owned: | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Other Services2 Header: | Former services at PRR station | ||||||||||
| Other Services2 Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Landover station 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.
The station opened on November 20, 1978.[2] [3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4miles[4] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Cheverly, Deanwood, Minnesota Avenue, and New Carrollton stations.
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 affected the Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, and Landover stations on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations.[7]
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.[8] The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line.[9]