PG County Metro Stations To Be Shut Down

Metro made the bombshell announcement Monday that it will reconstruct 20 station platforms, resulting in the total shutdown of multiple stations for months beginning with stations in Virginia. But in a few years, Prince George's County riders will be feeling the pain.

Metro will be reconstructing 13 station platforms from 2020-2021, including West Hyattsville, College Park, Greenbelt, Cheverly, Landover, New Carrollton, and Addison Road.

Service plans are still being developed, but if it's anything like what will be happening next summer at Virginia stations, it will involve the complete and total shut down of the stations for months, stretching from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

"Metro will partner with the jurisdictions and other transportation agencies to develop traffic mitigations and customer travel alternatives," WMATA said in a statement. "Metro customers will be given at least three months of advance notice prior to any service change under the program."

The project will cost between $300-$300 million and it will be the first major construction project to benefit from dedicated funding provided by legislatures in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C., WMATA says.

"Rebuilding platforms is heavy construction activity that requires that tracks be taken out of service to allow for demolishing existing structures, access to the construction area, and concrete pouring," the statement reads. "Metro has already rebuilt platforms at 10 of the system's 45 outdoor stations; however, the process used previously resulted in years of single tracking and customer inconvenience. Rebuilding the two most recently reconstructed platforms, at Minnesota Avenue and Deanwood stations, took approximately three years."