West Hyattsville station


West Hyattsville is a Washington Metro station in Hyattsville, Maryland on the Green Line and Yellow Line. It is the first station in Maryland northeast on the Green & Yellow Lines, and is located at 2700 Hamilton Street, near the west side of Ager Road and the north side of Queens Chapel Road.
West Hyattsville is one of only two stations that have elevated side platforms. Eisenhower Avenue on the Yellow Line is the other. Arlington Cemetery on the Blue Line, Cheverly on the Orange Line, and Prince George's Plaza on the Green Line and Yellow Line also contain side platforms, although those stations are at ground level.
, West Hyattsville served 1.246 million riders annually.

History

The station was originally known as "Chillum" but was changed to "W. Hyattsville" in 1979, well before services began on December 11, 1993.
Until 2007, the station was served by the University of Maryland Shuttle Bus.
On June 25, 2017, Metro's Yellow Line trains stopped serving the station due to the elimination of Rush+, which was part of major changes to the Metrorail system.
In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platforms at the West Hyattsville station would be rebuilt starting in mid-2020.
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.

Station layout

The station is located west of the intersection with Queens Chapel Road and Ager Road. A parking lot, park and ride, and bus bays are located east of the station's side platforms.