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| opened = | rebuilt = | ADA = Yes | code = NCR (Amtrak) D13 (Metro) | owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Amtrak | former = | zone = | services = }} New Carrollton is a joint Washington Metro, MARC, and Amtrak station in New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland at the eastern end of the Orange Line and planned Purple Line, and adjacent to the Capital Beltway. Beneath the Metro station platform, a waiting room serves Amtrak's ''Northeast Regional'' and ''Vermonter'' 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== (詳細はPenn Central trains. The second, Capital Beltway, sat just inside the Capital Beltway. Opened on March 16, 1970, it was served by Penn Central (later Amtrak) Metroliners.〔〔 〕 On November 20, 1978, the Washington Metro opened its New Carrollton station — along with the Cheverly, Deanwood, Landover, and Minnesota Avenue stations〔〔 — marking the completion of of Metro track northeast from the Stadium–Armory station. In the early 1980s, the state of Maryland took over commuter rail from Conrail (the successor to the Penn Central). The newly renamed MARC service was moved to Capital Beltway Station and Lanham station was abandoned. In 1983, Amtrak and MARC shifted service to the New Carrollton station, using a new island platform next to the existing Washington Metro platform.〔(Amtrak History & Archives ). Accessed March 28, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Carrollton station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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