Cheverly station

Cheverly
rapid transit station
Location 5501 Columbia Park Road
Cheverly, MD 20785
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Metrobus: F1, F2, F8, F12, F13
TheBus: 18, 23
Construction
Structure type Surface
Parking 530 spaces
Bicycle facilities 34 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code D11
History
Opened November 20, 1978 (November 20, 1978)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 557 daily [1] Decrease 49.5%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
toward Vienna
Orange Line

Cheverly is a side platformed Washington Metro station in Cheverly, 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. As of 2011, Cheverly had the lowest average weekly ridership of any Metro station.[2]

The station opened on November 20, 1978.[3][4] Its opening coincided with the completion of 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[5] of rail northeast of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Deanwood, Landover, Minnesota Avenue and New Carrollton stations.[3][4]

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← toward Vienna (Deanwood)
Eastbound → toward New Carrollton (Landover) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G Street level Exit/entrance

References

  1. ↑ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. June 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978), "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway; Orange Line will bring Metro to P.G.", The Washington Post, p. C1
  4. 1 2 Eisen, Jack; John Feinstein (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
  5. ↑ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

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Coordinates: 38°54′59.6″N 76°55′0.7″W / 38.916556°N 76.916861°W / 38.916556; -76.916861


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