Greenbelt Metro Station - WMATA

Greenbelt Station
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5717 Greenbelt Metro Drive, Greenbelt, MD 20740

Metro Lines: Green Line.

Metro Schedule: Opens at 4:50 a.m.

Metro Entrance: The station has an entrance at Greenbelt Metro Drive at Cherrywood Lane.

First and Last Trains

First Trains: Trains leave exactly 2 hours later on Saturdays and Sundays.

Green line train from Branch Ave - 5:00 AM

Last Trains: Trains leave exactly 3 hours later on Friday and Saturday nights.

Green line train from Branch Ave - 11:30 PM

Metro Platform

The Greenbelt Metro Station has an island platform (Washington DC Metro) and two side platforms (MARC). Each train goes in two directions named for the last stop on the line.

Green Line: Branch Ave --- Greenbelt

The Green Line goes in two directions: Branch Ave and Greenbelt.

Use the Metro's Trip Planner to find out exactly how to get where you want to go in the Washington DC area, using Metrobus, Metro and local bus systems. The Trip Planner asks you where you're starting and when and where you want to go. Then it finds the best way for you to get there using the Metro system and local bus systems.

Bus Connections

The Greenbelt Metro Station has bus stops for the WMATA Metrobus and TheBus (Prince George's County bus system). The bus routes serving the station are listed below:

Metrobus:

B30 - Baltimore International Airport
C2 - Greenbelt-Twinbrook Line
81 - College Park Line
87 - Laurel Express Line
89, 89M - Laurel Line
R3 - Greenbelt - Fort Totten Line
R11, R12 - Kenilworth Avenue Line
G12, G13, G14, G16 - Greenbelt - New Carrollton Line

TheBus:

TB11 - Greenbelt Metro Station, Federal Courthouse, Old Greenbelt, Greenbelt Center, Hanover Parkway, Mandan Road, Ora Glen Drive, Greenbelt Post Office.

TB15 - Greenbelt Metro Station, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, New Carrollton Metro Station.

TB16 - New Carrollton Metro Station, Doctors Community Hospital, Beltway Plaza, New Carrollton Mall, Greenbelt Metro Station, Riverdale Road, Lamont Drive, Hanover Parkway, Pontiac Street, 57th Avenue.

The map below shows you where to board your bus from the Greenbelt Metro Station. Consult the bus stop information for routing and schedule information about each route serving the station.

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Bike Parking

There are 60 bike racks and 52 lockers at Greenbelt station. Bicycle lockers are available for rent. So you can ride your bicycle to the metro station, leave it there, and take Metro or Metrobus.

Bicycle lockers provide secure parking by improving protection from theft, vandalism, and weather. Each locker is designed to hold one bicycle and bicycle gear. When you rent a locker, you are given a key to open your assigned locker. The space inside is about 1.2m (4 feet) high x 1.9m (6 feet, 5 inches) deep x 0.9m (3 feet) wide at the door and narrows toward the back of the locker. Most standard bicycles will fit inside. However, longer bicycles such as tandem bikes or some recumbent bikes will not fit into the lockers.

To rent a locker, send an email to bikelocker@wmata.com providing your name, address, contact phone number, email address, and station of interest. All locker rentals cost $200 per year, and are subject to availability.

Greenbelt Metro Parking

All Day Parking

There are 3,399 parking spots. Cost/day is $4.25. Parking fees are collected upon exit from 10:30 a.m. to Metro closing hours. Parking fees can be paid using SmarTrip® Card and credit cards.

Short-term Metered Parking

There are 201 parking spots. Parking is available from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m., time limit is 12 hours. The rate is $1.00 per 60 mins. Meters at short-term parking spaces accept only quarters and $1 coins.

Reserved Parking

There is reserved parking at Cherrywood Lane at CSX/MARC RR, access off exit 24 of inner loop I-495. The reserved rate is $65. Monthly permit holders are required to pay the daily fee each time they park. The daily fee is in addition to the $65 monthly permit fee.

Overnight Parking

The Greenbelt Metro Station provides between 15 and 17 spaces allocated for multi-day use of up to 10 days. Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis. Cost/Day is $4.25. There is no charge for multi-day parking beyond the regular fee. Access Multi-day parking by entering the parking lot through the Cherrywood Lane entrance and following signs to the spaces. Park in spaces signed "multi-day parking."

RV Parking

The RV lot is an oversized parking area on the south side of the parking lot. The area is ONLY accessible from I-95 Southbound past Route 1. To get to the RV lot, take I-95 North to Route 1 College Park/ Laurel exit. Take Route 1 South (College Park) to the I-95 South exit (right there at the I-95 and Route 1 interchange). Take I-95 South to the Greenbelt Metro Station exit. Follow the signs to the oversized lot. The RV lot is not accessible from Cherrywood Lane.

Free Parking

Parking is free at Metro-operated lots on weekends and federal holidays. Most weekends, it's easy to find a space at Metro parking lots.

Related Information

		Metro The metropolitan subway system of Washington DC.
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		Metro Pocket Guide Essential information for Metro riders.
		Metro Map Printable version of the Metro map.
		DC Circulator Bus connecting areas that are not accessible by Metro.