Capital Beltway station

Capital Beltway
Capital Beltway in 1979 as an Amtrak Metroliner arrives. Note the green Penn Central signage.
General information
Coordinates	38°57′19″N 76°51′57″W / 38.9554°N 76.8659°W / 38.9554; -76.8659
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	March 16, 1970 (1970-03-16)
Closed	October 30, 1983 (1983-10-30)
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Washington, D.C. Terminus Chesapeake Bowie toward Philadelphia–Suburban Metroliner Alighting only BWI Airport toward New York Montrealer Baltimore toward Montreal National Limited Baltimore toward Kansas City Preceding station Conrail Following station Union Station Terminus Baltimore-Washington From August 1982 Seabrook toward Baltimore
Location

Capital Beltway was a railway station in Lanham, Maryland. It was built in 1970 by the Penn Central Transportation Company in partnership with the state of Maryland, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), and Prince George's County. The station was located on the Northeast Corridor approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Union Station in Washington, D.C. Its purpose was to provide a stop near the Capital Beltway ring-road for the new high-speed Metroliners. Amtrak used the station until 1983 when New Carrollton opened to the south.