Capitol Heights station

Capitol Heights station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in Capitol Heights, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, the station is located at 133 Central Avenue in a residential area at East Capitol Street and Southern Avenue SE. This is the first station on the two lines in Maryland going east. As of 2017, in terms of weekday average boardings, it is the least used underground station in the system and the 10th least used station overall.

Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights station platform facing east in July 2005
General information
Location	133 Central Avenue Capitol Heights, Maryland
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: C31, C57, D2X, P63 TheBus: P65
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	372 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 5 racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	G02
History
Opened	November 22, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-11-22)
Passengers
2023	794 daily[1]
Rank	87 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Benning Road toward Ashburn Silver Line Addison Road toward Largo Benning Road toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line
Former services Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Benning Road toward Vienna Orange Line Addison Road toward Largo
Route map Addison Road Benning Road
Location

History

The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of 3.52 miles (5.66 km) of rail east of the Stadium–Armory station and the opening of the Addison Road and Benning Road stations.^[2]

In December 2012, Capitol Heights was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the Stadium-Armory station, but was extended into Prince George's County, Maryland to the Largo Town Center (now Downtown Largo) station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a pocket track just past Stadium-Armory.^[3] Silver Line service at Capitol Heights began on July 26, 2014.^[4]

In 1997, Radisson station of the Montreal Metro's Green Line was redressed to stand in for Capitol Heights in the Bruce Willis movie The Jackal.^[5]

Station layout

The station features the 22-coffer "waffle" ceiling vault design among Benning Road, Federal Center SW, Navy Yard–Ballpark, Shaw-Howard University, and U Street.