Hyattsville Crossing station

Hyattsville Crossing station is a Washington Metro station in Hyattsville, Maryland, on the Green Line. It opened on December 11, 1993, as Prince George's Plaza, referencing the nearby Prince George's Plaza, now known as The Mall at Prince Georges. The station has a unique layout in that it is an open-cut side platformed station with a parking garage directly over the tracks.

Hyattsville Crossing
Station platform in September 2021
General information
Location	3575 East–West Highway Hyattsville, Maryland
Coordinates	38.965248°N 76.955988°W / 38.965248; -76.955988
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 86, C4, F4, F6, F8, R4 TheBus: 13, 14, 18, 19 Shuttle-UM: 113
Construction
Structure type	Below-grade
Parking	1,068 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 40 racks and 24 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	E08
History
Opened	December 11, 1993 (December 11, 1993)
Rebuilt	2021
Previous names	Prince George's Plaza (1993–2022)
Passengers
2023	1,727 daily[1]
Rank	58 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station West Hyattsville toward Branch Avenue Green Line College Park–University of Maryland toward Greenbelt
Former services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station West Hyattsville toward Huntington Yellow Line College Park–University of Maryland toward Greenbelt West Hyattsville toward Farragut North Green Line Commuter Shortcut
Location

History

The station is located in a commercial area of Hyattsville near The Mall at Prince Georges, which, before receiving its second name in November 2004, was called Prince George's Plaza, at East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410) and Belcrest Road. Service began on December 11, 1993.

Originally, only Green Line trains served the station and ran between Fort Totten and Greenbelt. Eventually, this segment of the Green Line was connected with the rest of the Green Line in September 1999.^[2]

Rush hour Yellow Line trains began operating at this station on June 12, 2012, operating between Greenbelt and Franconia–Springfield or Huntington. However, this service was discontinued on June 25, 2017, because of budget cuts.^[3]

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platforms at the Greenbelt station would be rebuilt starting on May 29, 2021, through September 6, 2021.^[4][5][6]

In November 2020, WMATA approved a request from Prince George's County to change the name of the former Prince George's Plaza station to Hyattsville Crossing, despite survey results noting people prefer the name Prince George's Plaza due to the station being located in Prince George's County and in relation to The Mall at Prince Georges while being situated within a plaza-like area. The new name took effect on September 11, 2022.^[7][8]

Since May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from Greenbelt to Mount Vernon Square, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on its bridge over the Potomac River and its tunnel leading into L'Enfant Plaza. Thus, it no longer services this station.^[9]

From July 22 to September 4, 2023, this station will be closed to improve rail system technologies, closing stations north of Fort Totten.^[10]

Station layout

The station is located at the southwest corner of the East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410) and Belcrest Road intersection. The platform level is in an open-cut below ground level, containing two side platforms for each direction. This station has no canopy. Instead, a multilevel parking garage sits directly above the station and includes multiple taxi and bus stops. and a small surface parking lot on the side. Stairs and escalators lead from the ground level to the platform level. The station is surrounded by commercial and residential development, with pedestrian walkways leading to each. A pedestrian walkway immediately travels underneath the commercial development to the north and then over East-West Highway, connecting directly into The Mall at Prince Georges. A Capital Bikeshare rental station sits at the northeast side of the station, opposite the station's eastern roundabout entrance.

References

1. "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
2. Miller, Bill. "Residents Take Green Line Complaints to Court." Washington Post. April 18, 1998; Layton, Lyndsey. "Link to the Future." Washington Post. September 18, 1999; Layton, Lyndsey. "Metro Goes to New Heights." Washington Post. September 19, 1999.
3. "Metro announces June 25 effective date for new hours, fares, schedules". WMATA. May 12, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
4. "Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions". Washington Post. May 7, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
5. "Metro announces travel alternatives during summer platform reconstruction work | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
6. "Alternative Travel Options Summer 2021 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
7. "Metro to implement five station name changes Sept. 11 | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
8. Barthel, Margaret (November 19, 2020). "Tysons Corner And Prince George's Plaza Metro Stations Are Getting New Names". DCist. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
9. "Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback". WJLA-TV. Sinclair Broadcast Group. May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
10. "Enhanced Maintenance Work during Summer 2023 to focus on custom and reliability upgrades to modernize | WMATA". www.wmata.com. Retrieved July 23, 2023.

External links

• Media related to Hyattsville Crossing station at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA Hyattsville Crossing station page