Editing Addison Road station

{{Short description|Washington Metro station}}
{{About|the Washington Metro station||Addison Road (disambiguation){{!}}Addison Road}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Addison Road<br />{{small|Seat Pleasant}}
| symbol             = silver
| symbol2            = blue
| symbol_location    = washington
| style              = WMATA
| image              = Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Station.jpg
| image_size         = 
| image_caption      = 
| address            = 100 Addison Rd S
| borough            = [[Capitol Heights, Maryland]], U.S.
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|53|12.2|N|76|53|39.4|W|display=inline}}
| connections        = {{ ubl
           | {{bus icon}} [[Metrobus (Washington, D.C.)|Metrobus]]: [[Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Line|A12]], [[Central Avenue Line (Maryland)|C21, C22, C27, C29]], [[Marlboro Pike Line|J12]], [[Sheriff Road–Capitol Heights Line|F14]], [[Eastover-Addison Road Line|P12]], [[District Heights-Suitland Line|V12]], [[District Heights-Seat Pleasant Line|V14]]
           | {{bus icon}} [[TheBus (Prince George's County)|TheBus]]: 18, 20, 23
           }}
| platform           = 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = 1,268 spaces
| bicycle            = 16&nbsp;[[Bicycle parking rack|racks]]
| passengers         = 1,004 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>
| pass_year          = 2023
| pass_rank          = 80 out of 98
| opened             = {{start date and age|1980|11|22}}
| rebuilt            = 
| structure          = At grade
| accessible         = Yes
| code               = G03
| owned              = [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority|WMATA]]
| former             = Addison Road—Seat Pleasant (2000–2011)
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system1=WMATA
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|line2=Blue|left2=Capitol Heights|right2=Morgan Boulevard|to-left2=Franconia–Springfield|to-right2=Largo
}}
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|line1=Orange|left1=Capitol Heights|right1=Morgan Boulevard|to-left1=Vienna|to-right1=Largo}}
| other_services_header = Former services
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'''Addison Road station''' is a rapid transit station on the Washington Metro's [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver]] and [[Blue Line (Washington Metro)|Blue]] Lines. It is operated by the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]], who opened it in 1980. It was the eastern end of the Blue Line until 2004. The station is in [[Seat Pleasant, Maryland|Seat Pleasant]] on Central Avenue, although its official address puts it in [[Capitol Heights, Maryland|Capitol Heights]].

==History==
The station, which has a [[Island platform|single central platform]], 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 [[Benning Road station|Benning Road]] and [[Capitol Heights station|Capitol Heights]] stations. The station features escalators with the elevator between them as seen at [[North Bethesda station|North Bethesda]] and [[Union Station (Washington Metro)|Union Station]] between the mezzanine and platform.<ref name="November 23, 1980">{{Cite news|last=Cooke|first=Janet|date=1980-11-23|title=Three new Metro stations have a festive first day|page=D1|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The station was originally named "Addison Road"; the name "Seat Pleasant" was added in 2000<ref name="rename">{{Cite news|date=2000-03-24|title=Metro to rename 4 subway stations|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> and moved to a new subtitle location in 2011.<ref name="WMATA 2011 station renamings">{{Cite press release|title=Station names updated for new map|date=2011-11-03|publisher=WMATA|url=http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5081|access-date=2011-11-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105211316/http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=5081|archive-date=2011-11-05}}</ref> It was the eastern terminus of the Blue Line from its opening until December 18, 2004, when the extension to the Largo Town Center (now known as {{wmata|Downtown Largo}}) station opened to the east.<ref name="December 19, 2004">{{Cite news |title=Metro, Prince George's extend their reach; Two new Blue Line stations open, bringing passengers and economic potential |last=Dana |first=Rebecca |date=December 19, 2004 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=C3}}</ref> In the early eighties, due to peculiarities of the system at the time, trains travelling ''toward'' Addison Road showed blue [[Destination sign|rollsigns]], but switched to orange signs before departing westward, back into the city.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Alpert|first=David|date=2014-07-25|title=Watch Metro grow from one short line in 1976 to the Silver Line today|work=Greater Greater Washington|url=https://ggwash.org/view/35397/watch-metro-grow-from-one-short-line-in-1976-to-the-silver-line-today|access-date=2021-05-04}}</ref>

In December 2003, security cameras at this station filmed a [[deer]] walking around the station mezzanine, running down an escalator, and going down the platform past a waiting train, as startled passengers watched. The deer then jumped onto the tracks and escaped into nearby woods. Metro spokesperson Lisa Farbstein reported that Metro had nicknamed the deer "Rudolph the Blue Line Reindeer".<ref name="Deer">{{Cite news|date=2003-12-17|title=Deer runs through rail station|work=China Daily|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/17/content_291182.htm|access-date=2007-04-27}}</ref>

In December 2012, Addison Road was one of five stations added to the route of the Silver Line, which was originally supposed to end at the {{wmata|Stadium–Armory}} station, but was extended into [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's County]], Maryland, to Largo (the eastern terminus of the Blue Line) due to safety concerns about a [[pocket track]] just past Stadium-Armory.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Aratani|first=Lori|date=2012-12-05|title=Metro details Silver Line service changes|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-officials-detail-silver-line-service-change/2012/12/05/ac842438-3ef0-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref> Silver Line service at Addison Road began on July 26, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Halsey|first=Ashley|date=2014-07-26|title=All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time|newspaper=The Washington Post|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|access-date=2016-07-08}}</ref>

In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platform at the Addison Road station would be rebuilt from February 13 to May 23, 2021.<ref>{{cite news|date=2018-05-07|title=Metro wants to rebuild 20 station platforms over three years, creating SafeTrack-like disruptions|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-wants-to-rebuild-20-station-platforms-in-three-years-creating-safetrack-like-disruptions/2018/05/07/f7c19dcc-5164-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=2019-02-19|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507180220/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-wants-to-rebuild-20-station-platforms-in-three-years-creating-safetrack-like-disruptions/2018/05/07/f7c19dcc-5164-11e8-abd8-265bd07a9859_story.html |archive-date=May 7, 2018 }}</ref>

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==External links==
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* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100831041300/http://transit.schuminweb.com/transit/wmata/blue-line.php?station=G03 Addison Road–Seat Pleasant Station]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.886991,-76.896282&spn=0.004184,0.013143&z=17&layer=c&cbll=38.886973,-76.896425&panoid=BhO5FG0TXRnlGgVViAQRLw&cbp=12,126.98,,0,-0.36 Central Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]

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