New Carrollton station
New Carrollton station is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak station just outside the city limits of New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is the eastern terminus of the Metro Orange Line and one branch of the Silver Line. It will also be the eastern terminus of the under-construction Purple Line when it opens in 2027. The station is adjacent to the Capital Beltway.
Beneath the Metro station platform, a waiting room serves Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Vermonter, and Palmetto trains, as well as MARC's Penn Line trains. The New Carrollton Rail Yard is nearby.
Greyhound, a nationwide intercity bus company, also stops at the station on routes serving Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, New York City, Pittsburgh, and points beyond.
Station layout
At New Carrollton, the Northeast Corridor consists of three tracks. The westernmost two tracks have an island platform between them, with Track 1 having no platform. To the east of the Amtrak platform is the Metro platform, serving the Orange and Silver Lines. Bus loops and parking lots are located on both sides of the rail line.The station has entrances at Harkins Road and Ellin Road, and Garden City Drive near U.S. Route 50, and Exit 19 on Interstate 95/Interstate 495.
Long-term plans for the New Carrollton station include adding a second island platform and adding a fourth track.
History
The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve rail traffic. The first station, Lanham, north of the current station, opened in the 1870s. By the late 1960s, it consisted of a small shelter and an asphalt platform served by a few Penn Central commuter trains between Washington and Baltimore. The second, Capital Beltway station, sat just inside the Capital Beltway. Opened on March 16, 1970, it was served by Penn Central Metroliners.On November 20, 1978, the Washington Metro opened its New Carrollton station, along with the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover, and Minnesota Avenue stations, marking the completion of of Metro track northeast from the Stadium–Armory station.
In August 1982, Conrail commuter trains began stopping at Capital Beltway, replacing stops at Lanham and Landover. On October 30, 1983, Amtrak and AMDOT moved from Capital Beltway to a new island platform and waiting room at New Carrollton station.
Until 2003, some Acela Express trains stopped at New Carrollton. In October 2015, the Palmetto began stopping in New Carrollton.
The Metro station was closed from May 28, 2022 to September 5, 2022, as part of the summer Platform Improvement Project, which also affected stations north of on the Orange Line. Shuttle buses and free parking were provided at the closed stations. 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. The service ended on May 7, 2023 with the reopening of the Yellow Line.
Reconstruction of the existing Amtrak/MARC platform began in April 2023. An additional side platform and an expanded train hall are planned. Half of Silver Line trains began operating between and New Carrollton on June 22, 2025. The Purple Line light rail line is under construction between New Carrollton and. It is expected to open in 2027.