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Largo Town Center (WMATA station)

WMATA Metro Logo.svg Largo Town Center Blue Line Silver Line
Washington DC metro station largo town center.jpg
Location 9000 Lottsford Road & Largo Town Center
Largo, MD 20774
Coordinates 38°54′2.1″N 76°50′40.3″W / 38.900583°N 76.844528°W / 38.900583; -76.844528Coordinates: 38°54′2.1″N 76°50′40.3″W / 38.900583°N 76.844528°W / 38.900583; -76.844528
Owned by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29
Bus transport TheBus: 21, 26, 28
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking 2,200 spaces
Bicycle facilities 4 racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code G05
History
Opened December 18, 2004; 12 years ago (2004-12-18)
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 4177 daily  Decrease 12.14%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
Blue Line Terminus
Silver Line

Largo Town Center is an island platformed Washington Metro station in Largo, Maryland, United States. The station was opened on December 18, 2004, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Providing service for the Blue and Silver Lines, it is the eastern terminus of the Blue and Silver Lines, and serves the town of Largo and The Boulevard at the Capital Centre. In December 2012, Largo Town Center 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 Largo Town Center due to safety concerns about a pocket track just past Stadium–Armory. Therefore, Largo Town Center is also the eastern terminus of the Silver Line, which began service on July 26, 2014. It is the first and so far only station in Prince George's County outside the Capital Beltway, and is located about a mile from FedExField, the home of the Washington Redskins. Largo Town Center is also a major commuter station, with two parking garages, containing a total of 2,200 spaces, connected by a bridge at the top level.

In 1980, Herbert Harris and other local legislators introduced legislation to study the feasibility of constructing an additional 47 miles (76 km) to the original 103-mile (166 km) network. Included in this request was a previously considered 13-mile (21 km) extension of the Blue Line through Largo en route to a proposed terminus at Bowie.


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