College Park–University of Maryland station

College Park–University of Maryland station is a Washington Metro and MARC station located in College Park, Maryland, near the University of Maryland, College Park campus. It is served by the Metro Green Line and limited service on the MARC Camden Line. The Metro Yellow Line is scheduled to begin service to the station on December 31, 2025. Additionally, light rail Purple Line is planned to begin service at the station in 2027.

Station layout

MARC platforms at College Park

The station is located on the south side of Campus Parkway, about Template:Convert southeast of the campus center and adjacent to the College Park office park. The two-track Capital Subdivision (used by MARC) and the two-track Metro E Route run north-south through the station area, with the Capital Subdivision on the west side. An island platform serves Metro trains, with entrances from both sides of the rail lines leading to the underground fare concourse. Two small side platforms serve MARC trains; they have an entrance from the west side and an underpass crossing under the Metro tracks. The Metro platform is accessible, but the MARC platforms are not.

A 1,345-space parking garage and a bus plaza are located on the east side of the station. The station is served by Metrobus, The Bus, Laurel Connect-a-Ride, and Shuttle-UM. Template:Clear left

History

Platform and pocket track for the Purple Line under construction in 2025

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) opened its Washington Branch, now the Capital Subdivision, in 1835. A station served the 1856-opened Maryland Agricultural College (now University of Maryland, College Park) by 1878.<ref>Template:Cite map</ref> B&O Baltimore–Washington commuter service was taken over by MARC as the Camden Line in the 1980s.

Metro service at College Park began on December 11, 1993, with the extension of the Green Line to Template:Wmata.<ref name=metrofacts>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The parking garage opened on June 25, 2005.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> In May 2012, the station became the first Metro station to feature a "Bike & Ride" bike station. A mesh enclosure built into the adjacent parking garage, the facility can hold up to 120 bikes and has 24-hour access.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Metro Yellow Line service was extended to Greenbelt, serving College Park, during peak hours from June 18, 2012, to June 25, 2017, as park of the "Rush+" program.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> It was again extended to Greenbelt at all times on May 25, 2019.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> From March 26 to June 28, 2020, the station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> The Metro station was closed from May 29 to September 6, 2021, while the platform was rebuilt.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Yellow Line service was suspended from September 10, 2022, to May 7, 2023. It was cut back to Template:Wmata upon reopening, no longer serving College Park.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> From July 22 to September 4, 2023, the Green Line north of Fort Totten (including College Park) was closed for maintenance work.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Effective December 31, 2025, every other Yellow Line train will be extended to Greenbelt via College Park.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

The Purple Line, a light rail line, is under construction and planned to open in 2027.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It will have an island platform on the east side of the Metro tracks next to the bus loop, which was reconstructed in 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In May 2024, the Federal Transit Administration awarded the MTA $1.4 million for design and engineering work to make the MARC station accessible. The new platforms would be Template:Convert long.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Template:Clear left

External links

• Calvert Road entrance to Metro from Google Maps Street View
• MARC Station from Google Maps Street View