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Capitol Heights
Capitol Heights
	Capitol Heights station platform
General information
Location	133 Central Avenue; Capitol Heights, Maryland
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 96, A12, F14, V2, V4, X9; TheBus: 24, 25;
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; 43 years ago
Passengers
2023	794 daily
Rank	87 out of 98
Services
Former services
Location
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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.

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 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

S	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses
M	Mezzanine	Fare gates, ticket machines, station manager
T Platform level	Westbound	← toward Franconia–Springfield (Benning Road) ← toward Ashburn (Benning Road)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Downtown Largo (Addison Road) →

References

^ "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
^ Cooke, Janet (November 23, 1980). "Three new Metro stations have a festive first day". The Washington Post. p. D1.
^ Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ "Radisson Metro". www.metrodemontreal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

The Capitol Heights in the movie The Jackal : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119395/locations (portrayed by Radisson metro station in Montreal)

External links

WMATA Capitol Heights station page

The Schumin Web Transit Center: Capitol Heights Station
Southern Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

38°53′21.3″N 76°54′47.4″W / 38.889250°N 76.913167°W / 38.889250; -76.913167

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[Data-1] "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 11, 2024.

[2] Cooke, Janet (November 23, 1980). "Three new Metro stations have a festive first day". The Washington Post. p. D1.

[3] Aratani, Lori (December 5, 2012). "Metro details Silver Line service changes". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

[4] Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

[5] "Radisson Metro". www.metrodemontreal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

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-| name = Capitol Heights |style=WMATA
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+| style              = WMATA
-| type = {{WMATA type|blue silver}}
+| symbol             = silver
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-| address = 133 Central Avenue<br>[[Capitol Heights, Maryland|Capitol Heights]], [[Maryland|MD]] 20743
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-| other = {{bus icon}} '''[[Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)|Metrobus]]''': [[East Capitol Street-Cardozo Line|96, 97]], [[Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Line|A12]], [[Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line|F14]], V2, V4, X9<br> {{bus icon}} '''[[TheBus (Prince George's County)|TheBus]]''': 24, 25
-| platform = 1 [[island platform]]
+| image_caption      = Capitol Heights station platform
+| address            = 133 Central Avenue
-| tracks = 2
+| borough            = [[Capitol Heights, Maryland]]
-| structure = Underground
+| connections        = {{Unbulleted list
-| parking = 372 spaces
+   | {{bus icon}} [[Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)|Metrobus]]: [[East Capitol Street-Cardozo Line|96]], [[Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Line|A12]], [[Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line|F14]], [[Capitol Heights–Minnesota Avenue Line|V2, V4]], [[Benning Road-H Street Limited Line|X9]]
-| bicycle = 5 racks
+   | {{bus icon}} [[TheBus (Prince George's County)|TheBus]]: 24, 25
-| passengers = 1,965 daily <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/records/public_docs/upload/2017_historical_rail_ridership.pdf |title=Metrorail Average Weekday Passenger Boardings |publisher=WMATA |access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref>
+   }}
-| pass_year = 2017
+| platform           = 1 [[island platform]]
-| pass_percent = 10.21
-| pass_system =
+| tracks             = 2
+| structure          = Underground
-| opened = {{start date and age|1980|Nov|22|mf=yes}}
+| parking            = 372 spaces
-| rebuilt =
+| bicycle            = [[Capital Bikeshare]], 5&nbsp;[[Bicycle parking rack|racks]]
-| ADA = Yes
+| passengers         = 794 daily<ref name="Data">{{cite web |title=Metrorail Ridership Summary |url=https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/ridership-portal/Metrorail-Ridership-Summary.cfm |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref>
-| code = G02
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-| owned = [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]]
+| pass_rank          = 87 out of 98
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+| owned              = [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]]
+| zone               =
+| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system1=WMATA
+|line1=Silver|left1=Benning Road|right1=Addison Road
+|line2=Blue|left2=Benning Road|right2=Addison Road|to-left2=Franconia–Springfield|to-right2=Downtown Largo
 }}
+| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system1=WMATA
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+|line1=Orange|left1=Benning Road|right1=Addison Road|to-left1=Vienna|to-right1=Downtown Largo}}
+| other_services_header = Former services
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+| mapframe-custom    = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-metro |marker-color=#000 |zoom=15 }}
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+'''Capitol Heights station''' is an [[island-platform]]ed [[Washington Metro]] [[Metro station|station]] in [[Capitol Heights, Maryland|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 Line (Washington Metro)|Blue]] and [[Silver Line (WMATA)|Silver]] Lines, the station is located at 133 Central Avenue in a residential area at [[East Capitol Street]] and [[Southern Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|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.
-{{stack|[[Image:Capitol Heights station entrance pylon.jpg|thumb|100px]]}}
-'''Capitol Heights''' is an [[island-platform]]ed [[Washington Metro]] [[Metro station|station]] in [[Capitol Heights, Maryland|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 Line (Washington Metro)|Blue]] and [[Silver Line (WMATA)|Silver]] Lines, the station is located at 133 Central Avenue in a residential area at [[East Capitol Street]] and [[Southern Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Southern Avenue SE]]. This is the first station on the two lines in [[Maryland]] going east.
 ==History==
-The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of {{convert|3.52|mi|km}} of rail east of the [[Stadium–Armory station|Stadium–Armory]] station and the opening of the [[Addison Road station|Addison Road]] and [[Benning Road station|Benning Road]] stations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooke |first=Janet |title=Three new Metro stations have a festive first day |date=November 23, 1980 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=D1}}</ref>
+The station opened on November 22, 1980, and coincided with the completion of {{convert|3.52|mi|km}} of rail east of the [[Stadium–Armory station]] and the opening of the [[Addison Road station|Addison Road]] and [[Benning Road station|Benning Road]] stations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cooke |first=Janet |title=Three new Metro stations have a festive first day |date=November 23, 1980 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=D1}}</ref>
-In December 2012, Capitol Heights was one of five stations added to the route of the [[Silver Line (WMATA)|Silver Line]], which was originally supposed to end at the [[Stadium-Armory (WMATA station)|Stadium-Armory]] station, but was extended into [[Prince George's County, Maryland]] to the [[Largo Town Center (WMATA station)|Largo Town Center]] station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a [[pocket track]] just past Stadium-Armory.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-officials-detail-silver-line-service-change/2012/12/05/ac842438-3ef0-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html |title=Metro details Silver Line service changes |last=Aratani |first=Lori |date=December 5, 2012 |work=The Washington Post |access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> Silver Line service at Capitol Heights began on July 26, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/all-aboard-metros-new-silver-line-rolls-down-the-tracks-for-the-first-time/2014/07/26/238aaa68-14cc-11e4-8936-26932bcfd6ed_story.html |title=All aboard! Metro’s new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time |last=Halsey |first=Ashley |date=July 26, 2014 |work=The Washington Post |access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>
+In December 2012, Capitol Heights was one of five stations added to the route of the [[Silver Line (WMATA)|Silver Line]], which was originally supposed to end at the [[Stadium-Armory (WMATA station)|Stadium-Armory]] station, but was extended into [[Prince George's County, Maryland]] to the [[Largo Town Center (WMATA station)|Largo Town Center]] station (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a [[pocket track]] just past Stadium-Armory.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-officials-detail-silver-line-service-change/2012/12/05/ac842438-3ef0-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html |title=Metro details Silver Line service changes |last=Aratani |first=Lori |date=December 5, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> Silver Line service at Capitol Heights began on July 26, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/all-aboard-metros-new-silver-line-rolls-down-the-tracks-for-the-first-time/2014/07/26/238aaa68-14cc-11e4-8936-26932bcfd6ed_story.html |title=All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time |last=Halsey |first=Ashley |date=July 26, 2014 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref>
+In 1997, [[Radisson station]] of the [[Montreal Metro|Montreal Metro's]] [[Green Line (Montreal Metro)|Green Line]] was redressed to stand in for Capitol Heights in the [[Bruce Willis]] movie ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Radisson Metro|url=http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/radisson/history.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.metrodemontreal.com}}</ref>
-== The Capitol Heights in the movie ''The Jackal'' ==
-There is a scene in the movie ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]'' with [[Bruce Willis]] and [[Richard Gere]], where these same two actors appear, the scene is supposed to unfold in the Capitol Heights subway station in [[Washington, D.C.]], but was in fact shot in [[Montreal]], at the [[Lionel-Groulx station]] metro station. {{cn|date=August 2019}} The station in the film bears no resemblance to the real Capitol Heights subway station.
 == Station layout ==
+{{WMATA OBS platform layout/island}}
-{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exit/entrance
-|-
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
-|-
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P<br>Platform level'''
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|'''Westbound'''
-|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;"|← {{WMATA icon|Blue}} toward [[Franconia–Springfield station|Franconia–Springfield]] <small>([[Benning Road station|Benning Road]])</small><br>← {{WMATA icon|Silver}} toward [[Wiehle–Reston East station|Wiehle–Reston East]]<small> (Benning Road)</small>
-|-
-|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left </small>
-|-
-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''Eastbound'''
-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:white;">→</span> {{WMATA icon|Blue}} and {{WMATA icon|Silver}} toward [[Largo Town Center station|Largo Town Center]] <small>([[Addison Road station|Addison Road]])</small> →
-|}
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
-* The Capitol Heights in the movie ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]'' : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119395/locations
+* The Capitol Heights in the movie ''[[The Jackal (1997 film)|The Jackal]]'' : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119395/locations (portrayed by [[Radisson station|Radisson]] metro station in [[Montreal]])
-== External links ==
+==External links==
+{{commons category}}
-{{commonscat|Capitol Heights (WMATA station)}}
+{{WMATA links}}
-* WMATA: [https://www.wmata.com/rider-guide/stations/capitol-heights.cfm Capitol Heights Station]
-* StationMasters Online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130306113949/http://stationmasters.com/System_Map/CAPITOLH/capitolh.html Capitol Heights Station]
 * The Schumin Web Transit Center: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090329235921/http://transit.schuminweb.com/transit/wmata/blue-line.php?station=G02 Capitol Heights Station]
 * [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.889304,-76.913867&spn=0.003975,0.013722&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.889374,-76.913783&panoid=FdGbo8uUSRTnVO5Wj5Sw1Q&cbp=12,109.87,,0,-0.28 Southern Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]
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