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New Carrollton (Washington Metro)
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 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. 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 ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Carrollton, Maryland
New Carrollton is a city in central Prince George's County, Maryland, 10 miles (16 km) east of Washington, D.C. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 13,715. History Developer Albert W. Turner acquired the former estate of horse racing figure Edward L. Mahoney after Mahoney's death in 1957 and transformed it into a planned suburb. Turner had secured a charter for the City of Carrollton from the Maryland General Assembly on April 11, 1953. He named the community after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, an early Maryland settler and the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Since two other Maryland communities also carried the name Carrollton, voters approved renaming the city to New Carrollton in a referendum on May 2, 1966. Adjacent Areas * Landover Hills, Maryland, Landover Hills (southwest) * Woodlawn, Prince George's County, Maryland, Woodlawn (southwest) * East Riverdale, Maryland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound Lines, Inc. is an American operator of Intercity bus service, intercity bus services. Greyhound operates the largest intercity bus network in the United States, and also operates charter and Amtrak Thruway services, as well as intercity buses Greyhound Mexico, in Mexico. Based in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, Greyhound is a subsidiary of , owner of FlixBus. Greyhound operates 1,700 Coach (bus), coaches produced mainly by Motor Coach Industries and Prevost Car, Prevost serving 230 stations and 1,700 destinations. The company's first route began in Hibbing, Minnesota, in 1914 and the company adopted the ''Greyhound'' name in 1929. History 1914–1930: early years In 1914, Eric Wickman, a 27-year-old Swedish immigrant, was laid off from his job as a drill operator at a mine in Alice, Minnesota. He became a Hupmobile salesman in Hibbing, Minnesota, and, when he could not sell the first seven-passenger Hupmobile that he received, he began using it along with fellow Swedish i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Regional
The ''Northeast Regional'' is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. In the past it has been known as the ''NortheastDirect'', ''Acela Regional'', or ''Regional''. It is Amtrak's busiest route, carrying 9,163,082 passengers in fiscal year (FY) 2023. The ''Northeast Regional'' service received more than $787.7 million in gross ticket revenue in FY 2023. The ''Northeast Regional'' offers daily all-reserved service, usually at least every hour. Trains generally run along the Northeast Corridor between Boston in the north to Washington, D.C., in the south with multiple stops, including in New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Extensions and branches provide service to Newport News, Norfolk, and Roanoke, Virginia, and Springfield, Massachusetts, with intermediate stops. Trains cover the most popular stretch between New York Penn Station and Washington Union Station in about 3.5 hours. The section between New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)
The Capital Beltway, designated as Interstate 495 (I-495) for its entire length, is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Washington metropolitan area. The beltway encircles Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, and its inner suburbs in adjacent Maryland and Virginia. It also passes through the capital, near the western end of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River; Prince George's and Montgomery counties in Maryland and Fairfax County; and the independent city of Alexandria in Virginia. The route is the basis of the phrase "inside the Beltway", used when referring to issues dealing with U.S. federal government and politics. Its southern and eastern half runs concurrently with I-95. It was constructed in 1964. The Cabin John Parkway, a short connector between I-495 and the Clara Barton Parkway near the Potomac River along the Maryland–Virginia border, is considered an Interstate spur (I-495X) by the Maryland State Highway Administration (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purple Line (Maryland)
The Purple Line is a light rail line being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.: Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton. Currently slated to open in late 2027, the line will also enable riders to move between the Maryland branches of the Red, Green, and Orange lines of the Washington Metro without riding into central Washington, and between all three lines of the MARC commuter rail system. The project is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), an agency of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), and not the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which operates Metro. Throughout its decades-long planning process, the project was dogged by resistance, particularly from residents of the upscale community of Chevy Chase and members of the Columbia Country Club. From 2003 to 2006, Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich changed the proposed mode of transportation from light rail to bus rapid trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Line (Washington Metro)
The Orange Line is one of the six rapid transit lines of the Washington Metro system, consisting of 26 metro station, stations in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County and Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington in Northern Virginia; Washington, D.C.; and Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The Orange Line runs from Vienna station (Washington Metro), Vienna in Fairfax County to New Carrollton station, New Carrollton in Prince George's County. Half of the line's stations are shared with the Blue Line (Washington Metro), Blue Line and over two-thirds are shared with the Silver Line (Washington Metro), Silver Line. Orange Line service began on November 20, 1978. Trains run every 10 minutes during weekday rush hours, every 12 minutes during weekday off-peak hours and weekends, and every 15 minutes daily after 9:30pm. History 20th century In 1955, planning for Metro began with the Mass Transportation Survey, which attempted to forecast both freeway and mass transit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east, as well as with the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital and federal district of Washington, D.C. to the southwest. With a total area of , Maryland is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 18th-most populous state and the List of states and territories of the United States by population density, fifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital city is Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis, and the state's most populous city is Baltimore. Maryland's coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century. Prior to that, it was inhabited by several Native Americans in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince George's County, Maryland
Prince George's County (often shortened to PG County or PG) is located in the U.S. state of Maryland bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the population was 967,201, making it the second-most populous List of counties in Maryland, county in Maryland, behind neighboring Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County. The 2020 census counted an increase of nearly 104,000 in the previous ten years. Its county seat is Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Upper Marlboro. It is the most populous List of U.S. counties with African-American majority populations in 2010, African American-majority county in the United States, as well as the second most affluent behind neighboring Charles County, Maryland, Charles County. The county (United States), county is part of the Washington metropolitan area, Capital region of the state, though portions of the county are considered to be in Southern Maryland. The county also hosts many feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Metro
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), Metrobus service under the Metro name. Opened in 1976, the network now includes six lines, 98 stations, and of Network length (transport)#Route length, route. Metro serves Washington, D.C. and the states of Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery and Prince George's County, Maryland, Prince George's counties; in Virginia, to Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington, Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax and Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun counties, and to the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria. The system's Potomac Yard station, most recent expansion, which is the construction of a new station (and alte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Line
The Penn Line is a MARC passenger rail service operating between Union Station in Washington, D.C., and Perryville, Maryland, along the far southern leg of the Northeast Corridor; most trains terminate at Baltimore's Penn Station. It is MARC's only electrified line, though a majority of trains remain diesel powered. With trains operating at speeds of up to , it is the fastest commuter rail line in the United States. The service is operated by Amtrak under contract to the Maryland Transit Administration. MARC sets the schedules, owns most of the stations, and controls fares, while Amtrak owns and maintains the right-of-way, supplies employees to operate trains, and maintains the rolling stock. It is the busiest of MARC's three lines, with twice as many trains and riders as the Brunswick and Camden lines combined. The Penn Line is the successor to commuter services between Washington and Baltimore provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, and Conrail dating back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Transit Administration
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) is a state-operated mass transit administration in Maryland, and is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). The MTA operates a comprehensive transit system throughout the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. There are 80 bus lines serving the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, along with rail services that include the Baltimore Light RailLink, Baltimore Metro Subway, and MARC Train. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . With nearly half of Baltimore residents lacking access to a car, the MTA is an important part of the regional transit picture. The system has many connections to other transit agencies of Central Maryland, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and south-central Pennsylvania (Hanover, Pennsylvania, Hanover, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, and York, Pennsylvania, York): WMATA, Charm City Circulator, Regional Transportation Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
