Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail

The Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail (formerly known as the College Park Trolley Trail) is a 3.8-mile (6.1 km) long rail trail within the Cities of College Park Maryland, Riverdale Park Maryland and Hyattsville Maryland.

The trail runs on the abandoned right-of-way of the Washington, Berwyn and Laurel Electric Railway. Streetcars started running on the line in 1903 as part of the Columbia and Maryland Railway and ran until 1962 when the entire DC Transit system switched to buses.

The first section of the trail, a 1.1-mile (1.8 km) long stretch north from Campus Drive (formerly known as Paint Branch Parkway) to Greenbelt Road in College Park, opened in 2002. A second 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long section north to Paducah Road opened in 2005. In 2007, a third section south of the existing trail from Calvert Road to Albion Road in Riverdale Park opened.[1] From 2012 to 2017, Albion Road to Farragut Street in Hyattsville sections were connected with the completed private segments of the Cafritz-operated Riverdale Park Station, and the EYA-operated Shoppes at Arts District Hyattsville. The final sections, from Farragut Street to Charles Armentrout Drive in Hyattsville, as well as the Greenbelt Rd-University Boulevard pedestrian-crossing extension in College Park, are still in the planning phase. Note, the section from Paducah St/Edgewood Rd to Greenbelt Rd is not considered part of the Trolley Trail, as it is a fully on-road bike lane. [2]

In late 2017, wayfinding signage kiosks and a formal website were created.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "GOVERNOR O'MALLEY ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT FINAL SEGMENT OF COLLEGE PARK TROLLEY TRAIL" (Press release). Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission. 2007-06-27. Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail Extension Under Construction | anacostiaws.org". www.anacostiaws.org. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  3. ↑ "Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail". Hyattsville Community Development Corporation. 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2017-10-13.

Coordinates: 38°59′35.7″N 76°55′37.5″W / 38.993250°N 76.927083°W / 38.993250; -76.927083


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