Prince George's Plaza station

Prince George's Plaza is a Washington Metro station in Hyattsville, Maryland, on the Green Line and Yellow Line.

Prince George's Plaza
rapid transit station
Location3575 East–West Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland
Owned byWashington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Metrobus: 86, C4, F4, F6, F8, R4
TheBus: 13, 14, 18
Shuttle-UM: 113
Construction
Structure typeopen-cut
Parking1,068 spaces
Bicycle facilities40 racks, 24 lockers
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeE08
History
OpenedDecember 11, 1993 (December 11, 1993)
Traffic
Passengers (2016)4,374 daily [1]  13.57%
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

The station is located in a commercial area of Hyattsville near The Mall at Prince Georges, which, prior to receiving its current 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.

Notable places nearby

Station layout

The station has a unique layout in that it is an open-cut side platformed station with a parking garage directly over the tracks.

G Street level Exit/entrance, buses, parking, fare control, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Southbound ← toward Branch Avenue (West Hyattsville)
← toward Huntington (West Hyattsville)
Northbound →   toward Greenbelt (College Park–University of Maryland) →
Side platform

References
  1. "Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings" (PDF). WMATA. Retrieved April 26, 2017.


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