Morgan Boulevard station

Morgan Boulevard
rapid transit station
Location 300 Garrett Morgan Boulevard
Landover, MD 20785
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections TheBus: 22, 24, 26
Construction
Structure type Open-cut
Parking 635 spaces
Bicycle facilities 9 racks, 40 lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code G04
History
Opened December 18, 2004 (December 18, 2004)
Previous names Summerfield (while under construction)
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 2,881 daily [1] Increase 63.97%
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line
Terminus
Silver Line

Morgan Boulevard is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Summerfield census-designated place, unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, with a Landover postal address.[2][3] The station was opened on December 18, 2004, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, the station is located on Garrett Morgan Boulevard, one mile from FedExField, home to the Washington Redskins. The stadium is about a 19-20 minute walk from the station. In December 2012, Morgan Boulevard 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 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.[4] Silver Line service at Morgan Boulevard began on July 26, 2014.[5] This is one of the few stations not served by Metrobus. The Prince George's County bus system, called simply TheBus, serves this station. The platform at this station is wider than others and the station features double the number of faregates of similar stations because of the large volumes of passengers using it before and after football games.[6] For commuters, there is a day care facility at the station.

History

In October 1996, the proposed routing for the extension of the Blue Line to Largo received a favorable environmental impact statement thus allowing for the project to move forward.[7] The plan represented the first expansion to the original 103-mile (166 km) Metro network and would include both the then named Summerfield and Largo stations.[7] The station gained approval from Congress as part of the extension in February 2000 with the federal government contributing $259 million towards its construction.[8]

Construction began in 2001, and by 2002 its name was changed to Morgan Boulevard as a result of the Prince George's County Board changing the name of the street from Summerfield Boulevard to Morgan Boulevard in memory of the African-American inventor Garrett Morgan.[9] The station opened on December 18, 2004.[10] Its opening coincided with the completion of 3.2 miles (5.1 km)[11] of rail east of the Addison Road station and the opening of the Largo Town Center station.[10] The final cost of building it, its sister station and the rail extension was $456 million.[6] In December 2012, concerns about a pocket track near the Blue and Orange Line's eastern split required trains on the Silver Line to continue to Largo Town Center station. All of the Blue Line's 5 eastern stations were added to the Silver Line. Morgan Boulevard was included. Silver Line service began on July 26, 2014.

Station layout

G Street level Exit/entrance
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Westbound ← toward Franconia – Springfield (Addison Road)
← toward Wiehle – Reston East (Addison Road)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Blue and Silver Lines toward Largo Town Center (Terminus) →

References

  1. ↑ "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. May 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Summerfield CDP, MD" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  3. ↑ "Morgan Boulevard." Washington Metro. Retrieved on September 7, 2018. "300 Garrett Morgan Blvd. Landover, MD 20785"
  4. ↑ Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Partlow, Joshua (January 1, 2005). "Newest stations to ease game-day crush; Redskins fans await rail, trail to FedEx". The Washington Post. p. B3.
  7. 1 2 Fehr, Stephen C. (October 18, 1996). "Plan to extend P.G. Metro line moves forward; Environmental study allows Largo stops". The Washington Post. p. C3.
  8. ↑ Layton, Lyndsey (February 4, 2000). "Federal funds promised for new Metrorail stops". The Washington Post. p. A1.
  9. ↑ Meyer, Eugene L. (August 17, 2002). "Base living with cheers, a few fears". The Washington Post. p. J1.
  10. 1 2 Dana, Rebecca (December 19, 2004). "Metro, Prince George's extend their reach; Two new Blue Line stations open, bringing passengers and economic potential". The Washington Post. p. C2.
  11. ↑ "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Retrieved February 5, 2018.

Media related to Morgan Boulevard (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 38°53′36.9″N 76°52′6.5″W / 38.893583°N 76.868472°W / 38.893583; -76.868472

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.