{{Short description|Washington Metro station}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox station | name = West Hyattsville | style = WMATA | image = West Hyattsville 91121.jpg | symbol = yellow | symbol2 = green | symbol_location = washington | image_caption = Greenbelt-bound Green Line train at the station in 2021 | address = 2700 Hamilton Street | borough = Hyattsville, Maryland | coordinates = {{coord|38.955031|-76.969522|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | connections = {{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} Metrobus: C41, D34, P32, P33 }} | platform = 2 side platforms | tracks = 2 | structure = Elevated | parking = 453 spaces | bicycle = Capital Bikeshare, 50 racks and 36 lockers | passengers = {{WMATA ridership|West Hyattsville}} | pass_year = {{WMATA ridership|year}} | pass_rank = {{WMATA rank|West Hyattsville}} | opened = {{Start date|1991|12|11}} | rebuilt = 2021 | accessible = Yes | status = | code = E07 | owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | zone = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=WMATA |line1=Green|left1=Fort Totten|right1=Hyattsville Crossing |line2=Yellow|left2=Fort Totten|right2=Hyattsville Crossing|to-right2=Greenbelt }} | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=WMATA|line2=Green Line Commuter Shortcut|left2=Brookland-CUA|right2=Hyattsville Crossing|to-left2=Farragut North|to-right2=Greenbelt}} | other_services2_collapsible = yes | route_map = {{Routemap|inline=yes|legend=no|map= numN345\\uhvSTR~L!~uv-STRf!~MFADEg\uhvSTR~R!~uvSTRg-!~MFADEg~~{{rmri|U}} {{stl|WMATA|Prince George's Plaza}} b\uhvSTR~L\uhvSTR~R b\uv-PSTR\uvPSTR- b\uv-PSTR\uvPSTR- b\uv-PSTR\uvPSTR- b\uhvSTR~L\uhvSTR~R b\uhvSTR~L!~uv-STRf!~MFADEf\uhvSTR~R!~uvSTRg-!~MFADEf~~{{rmri|D}} {{stl|WMATA|Fort Totten}}}} | map_state = collapsed | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services2 = {{Adjacent stations|system=WMATA|line1=Yellow|left1=Fort Totten|right1=Hyattsville Crossing|to-left1=Huntington|to-right1=Greenbelt}} | other_services2_header = Future services | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 15 | mapframe-marker-color = #000 | mapframe-marker = rail-metro | mpassengers = }}
'''West Hyattsville station''' is a Washington Metro station in Hyattsville, Maryland on the Green Line and Yellow Line. It is the first station in Prince George's County, Maryland northeast on the Green and Yellow Lines, and is located at 2700 Hamilton Street, near the west side of Ager Road and the north side of Queens Chapel Road.
==Station layout== The station is located west of the intersection with Queens Chapel Road and Ager Road. A parking lot, park and ride (formerly the site of the Queens Chapel Drive-In Theater and Mighty Mo Drive-In Restaurant, which closed during the late 1970's), and bus bays are located east of the station's side platforms. The red-brick Kirkwood Apartment Complex and Kirkwood Neighborhood Park can be seen on Ager Road, west of the station site. There used to be an abandoned red brick Palmer Ford Warehouse Building housed on the field right behind the West Hyattsville station, right next to the Kirkwood Apartment Complex. However; that site has been demolished around 2018 to make room for the construction of brand new luxury apartment complexes as part of gentrification taking place in the area. The West Hyattsville station also sits on the former Queens Chapel Municipal Airport Site, which was closed and demolished in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Freeman|first=Paul|date=2002|title=Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Maryland: Central Prince George's County area|url=https://www.airfieldsfreeman.com/MD/Airfields_MD_PG_C.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518170109/http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MD/Airfields_MD_PG_C.htm|archive-date=May 18, 2021|access-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref>
==History== The station was originally known as "Chillum" but was changed to "West Hyattsville" in 1979, well before services began on December 11, 1993.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eisen |first1=Jack |title=Zoological Park Subway Stop Name, 9 Others Changed by Metro Board |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=7 Aug 1979}}</ref>
The Yellow Line began serving West Hyattsville as of June 18, 2012 when the Metro Rush+ Initiative was introduced, which extended the Yellow Line from Fort Totten all the way up to Greenbelt, by way of the already existing Green Line Metrorail Train tracks, during weekday rush hour/peak period commuter times. The Yellow Line originally terminated at Mount Vernon Square but was later on extended to Fort Totten on December 31, 2006 as part of a 12-month experiment during off peak commuter times and weekends, at the suggestion of D.C. Councilmember, Jim Graham. Due to its success, this extension of the Yellow Line was made permanent around May, 2008. However; on June 25, 2017, Metro's Yellow Line trains stopped serving the West Hyattsville station due to the elimination of Rush+, which was part of major changes to the Metrorail system.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/upload/June25FareServiceChanges_PrintableBrochure_English.pdf |title=June 25 Fare Service Changes Printable Brochure |date=2017}}</ref>
However; on May 20, 2019, Metro announced that Yellow Line trains will be re-extended from Mount Vernon Square and Fort Totten to Greenbelt at all service hours beginning May 25, 2019.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Metro to extend Yellow Line service to Greenbelt beginning May 25 |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-to-extend-Yellow-Line-service-to-Greenbelt-beginning-May-25.cfm |publisher=WMATA |date=May 20, 2019 |access-date=May 21, 2019}}</ref>
On May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the Yellow Line was truncated from {{wmata|Greenbelt}} to {{wmata|Mount Vernon Square}}, following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on its bridge over the Potomac River and its tunnel leading into {{wmata|L'Enfant Plaza}}.<ref name="yellowreopen">{{cite news |title=Metro's Yellow Line reopens Sunday with controversial turnback |url=https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-metro-yellow-line-reopens-sunday-schedule-times-trains-stations-change-huntington-fairfax-county-greenbelt-maryland-mount-vernon-square-washington-dc-turnback-wmata-gm-randy-clarke-riders-upset-potomac-river-lenfant-plaza |access-date=May 7, 2023 |work=WJLA-TV |publisher=Sinclair Broadcast Group |date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> From July 22 to September 4, 2023, the station was shut down to improve rail system technologies, including free shuttle bus services to closed stations north of {{wmata|Fort Totten}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Enhanced Maintenance Work during Summer 2023 to focus on custom and reliability upgrades to modernize {{!}} WMATA |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Summer-2023-Maintenance-Work.cfm |website=www.wmata.com |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> Half of Yellow Line service was re-extended to Greenbelt on December 31, 2025.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Metro Board of Directors approves $4.957 billion FY2026 budget that improves service without raising fares |url=https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-Board-of-Directors-approves-FY2026-budget.cfm |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |date=April 10, 2025}}</ref>
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