Hyattsville Crossing station

Hyattsville Crossing station is a Washington Metro station in Hyattsville, Maryland, on the Green Line and Yellow 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
The station in September 2021
General information
Location3575 East–West Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland
Coordinates38.965248°N 76.955988°W / 38.965248; -76.955988
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Metrobus: 86, C4, F4, F6, F8, R4
Bus transport TheBus: 13, 14, 18, 19
Bus transport Shuttle-UM: 113
Construction
Structure typeopen-cut
Parking1,068 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 40 racks and 24 lockers
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeE08
History
OpenedDecember 11, 1993 (December 11, 1993)
Rebuilt2021
Previous namesPrince George's Plaza (1993–2022)
Passengers
20221,688 daily[1]
Rank46th
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station
West Hyattsville
toward Branch Avenue
 Green Line College Park–University of Maryland
toward Greenbelt
West Hyattsville
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line
suspended until May 2023
Location

History

The station is located in a commercial area of Hyattsville near The Mall at Prince Georges, which, prior to 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 from June 12, 2012, operating between Greenbelt and Franconia–Springfield. However, on June 25, 2017, this service was discontinued 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. The new name took effect on September 11, 2022.[7][8]

References
  1. "Rail Ridership Data Viewer". WMATA. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  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. Washignton, D.C. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.


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