page_title: New Carrollton station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: New Carrollton station / History
caption_attribution_description: Scope and content: PASSENGERS WAITING FOR AN AMTRAK METROLINER TRAIN THAT WILL TAKE THEM FROM A WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SUBURB TO NEW YORK CITY. THE CORPORATION HAS TRAINS MAKING 16 ROUND TRIPS DAILY BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES. AMTRAK IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE A 55 PERCENT LOAD FACTOR AND IS NEAR THE 50 PERCENT FIGURE AT THIS TIME. TO ACHIEVE A MUCH HIGHER LOAD FACTOR, THE CORPORATION WOULD HAVE TO PACK PEOPLE IN THEIR TRAINS AT PEAK PERIODS. SOME 18,000,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S RODE AMTRAK IN 1974, AN INCREASE OF 10 PERCENT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE
context_page_description: New Carrollton is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak station just outside the city limits of New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland located at the eastern end of the Metro's Orange Line. The station will also serve as the eastern terminus of the Purple Line, currently under construction, and 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. Peter Pan Bus Lines also serves the station.
context_section_description: The New Carrollton station is the third station in the area to serve rail traffic.
  The first station, Lanham, 0.75 miles (1.21 km) 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 (later Conrail) commuter trains between Washington and Baltimore.
  The second, Capital Beltway, sat just inside the Capital Beltway. Opened on March 16, 1970, it was served by Penn Central (later Amtrak) 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 7.4 miles (11.9 km) of Metro track northeast from the Stadium–Armory station.
  In August 1982, Conrail commuter trains (later AMDOT, then the MARC Penn Line) 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.
  In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The Metro platform at the New Carrollton station would be rebuilt starting in mid-2021.
caption: Metroliner at Capital Beltway in 1974.
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