Morgan Boulevard (Washington Metro)
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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 serving 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.
External Links
- WMATA: Morgan Boulevard Station (http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=110)
- world.nycsubway.org: Morgan Boulevard Station (http://world.nycsubway.org/us/washdc/blue/wmata-blue-morgan.html)
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Morgan Boulevard Station (http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/stations/blue/morgan-boulevard.asp)
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