Cheverly station

Cheverly
General information
Location	5501 Columbia Park Road Cheverly, Maryland
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: F1, F8, F12, F13 TheBus: 18, 23
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	530 spaces
Bicycle facilities	34  racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	D11
History
Opened	November 20, 1978;46 years ago (1978-11-20)
Passengers
2023	362 daily [1]
Rank	97 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Deanwood toward Vienna Orange Line Landover toward New Carrollton
Former services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Deanwood toward Huntington Blue Line Landover toward New Carrollton
Route map Landover Deanwood
Location

Cheverly station is a side-platformed Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, 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 only the Orange Line, the station is the first station going east in Maryland on the 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.

Cheverly had the lowest average weekday ridership of any Metro station until the opening of Loudoun Gateway in 2022 as part of Phase 2 of the Silver Line. ^[2]

History

Entrance pylon at Cheverly station

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]}

From March 26, 2020, until June 28, 2020, this station was closed due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. ^[9] 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. ^[10]

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. ^[11] The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line. ^[12]

Station layout

The Cheverly station consists of dual at-grade side platforms located between the Northeast Corridor to the north and CSX tracks to the south. Access to the station is from the south, with a bus bay and parking lots off of Columbia Park Road. Fare gates and other station infrastructure such as platform access and ticket machines are located within an elevated bridge passing over the CSX and Metro tracks, with the only entrance being to the south of the station.

References

1. "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
2. "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
3. Feaver, Douglas B. (November 12, 1978). "Orange Line brings Metro to Beltway". The Washington Post. p. C1.
4. Eisen, Jack; Feinstein, John (November 18, 1978). "City-County Fanfare Opens Orange Line". The Washington Post. p. D1.
5. "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
6. "Special Covid-19 System Map" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
7. "Metrorail stations closed due to COVID-19 pandemic". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
8. "Metro to reopen 15 stations, reallocate bus service to address crowding, starting Sunday | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
9. Siddiqui, Faiz (May 7, 2018). "Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions". The Washington Post . Retrieved February 19, 2019.
10. "Final phase of Metro's multi-year Platform Improvement Project begins this weekend, closing five Orange Line stations". WMATA. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
11. "Metro announces travel alternatives for major Blue and Yellow Line construction this fall" . Retrieved March 9, 2024.
12. "Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback". WJLA-TV. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

External links

• Media related to Cheverly (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA Cheverly station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Cheverly Station
• Station from Google Maps Street View

38°54′59.6″N76°55′0.7″W / 38.916556°N 76.916861°W / 38.916556; -76.916861