Morgan Boulevard is a Washington Metro station in Prince George's County, Maryland on the Blue Line; it began service on December 18, 2004. The station is less than a mile from FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins. It is about a 15-minute walk to the stadium from the station.
The Morgan Boulevard Station gained approval from Congress in 1999. Construction began in 2001, and the cost of building it and its sister station, Largo Town Center, was over $450 million.
The platform at this station is wider than others because of the estimated large volumes of passengers using it before and after football games. For commuters, there is a day care facility at the station.
Originally, the station was to be named Summerfield, owing to the adjacent Summerfield Boulevard; however, the Prince George's County Board changed the name of the street to Morgan Boulevard in memory of Garrett Morgan, the African-American inventor of the stop-go traffic light. As a result, Metro changed the name of the station to match the new street name.
This is one of the few stations not served by Metrobus. The Prince George's County bus system, called simply The Bus, serves this station.
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Overhead signage at Morgan Boulevard, replacing platform pylons. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: One of two platform elevators. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station mezzanine. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Farecard vending machines. Like Largo Town Center, all of the farecard machines were originally Passes/Farecards machines. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station entrance. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Child care facility on the grounds of the station, still under construction. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Stop & Go for Garrett A. Morgan, by Athena Tacha, in the plaza in front of the station, in an incomplete state. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station entrance pylon. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Bus bays. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station entrance pylon, station artwork, and entrance. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station entrance. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Farecard machines and station manager kiosk in the mezzanine. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station mezzanine. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Signage and PIDS screens on the inbound end of the platform. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station name plaque, inbound side. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Station name plaque, outbound side. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Outbound track, looking in the outbound direction. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Outbound end of station. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Escalator and stairs running between the mezzanine and the platform. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Signage attached to lights at the far outbound end of the platform. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Platform windscreens. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: View looking inbound from the far outbound end of the platform, showing the mezzanine above. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: PIDS screen erroneously showing an eight-car train in the direction of Largo Town Center arriving in four minutes. This was taken in the days when eight-car trains were not yet common in the system. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Inbound end of the platform. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Far inbound end of the Morgan Boulevard platform. A well-lit interlocking exists just west of the station. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Inbound track, looking outbound. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Far inbound end of the Morgan Boulevard platform, showing the inbound track. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Unusual "M" plaque near the level of the tracks at the inbound end of the station. I have never seen this kind of marker in any other station. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Emergency intercom. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: System and area maps at platform level. |
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Vehicle: Breda 3063 Service: WMATA Blue Line Location: Morgan Boulevard Category: Breda Cars Date: 2004-12-21 Comments: Interior of Breda 4063, facing cab end. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2005-10-26 Comments: Stop & Go for Garrett A. Morgan is complete, with electronic signs attached to the poles. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2005-10-26 Comments: The electronic signs display "STOP STOP" and "GO GO GO" in red and green, respectively. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2005-10-26 Comments: However, at the time these photos were taken, the electronic displays were not completely glitch-free. |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2005-10-26 Comments: Red sign displaying "STOP STOP". |
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Location: Morgan Boulevard Date: 2005-10-26 Comments: Blue sign displays "STOP STOP" and "GO GO GO". |
