Prince George's County Planning Department


Metro Area Stations


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    Prince George's County Planning Development

Suitland Metrorail Station

Station Area Vision

Adjacent to the Suitland Federal Center with over 7,000 employees, the plan calls for new development and redevelopment that will provide housing and services for Federal Center employees, quality commercial space, a variety of housing types, a mixed-income neighborhood, and homeownership opportunities for the community.

Suitland Road Metrorail Station

  • Located north of Suitland Parkway at the intersection with Silver Hill Road.
  • There are no known environmental constraints on the station area site.
  • Adjacent to the Metro station is the Suitland Federal Center, which employs 7,000 people.
  • The nearest communities are Suitland Federal Center and Suitland.
  • The General Plan places this station in the Developed Tier and classifies it as a Community Center.
  • Access is via Silver Hill Road, Suitland Parkway, and Branch Avenue (MD 5).
Summary of Allowable Uses

The land uses planned within one-half mile of the Metro station are commercial, office, retail, and residential. The Suitland-District Heights and Vicinity Master Plan (1985) is the applicable master plan for this Metro station area.

Sites in Public Ownership

WMATA owns 16± acres including the station and parking area. The federal government owns 343 acres.

map_Suitland_Metro-aerial_small Quick Facts (WMATA Data 2010)

Transit Ridership:6,726entries
6,545 exits
Transit:7 Metrobus routes
1 THE BUS route
Parking:1,890-space surface lot
175-space metered surface lot
Bike Parking:There are 10 bike racks and 20 lockers at this station.
Car Sharing:Available at this station.

Suitland Station is just steps from the new headquarters for the U.S. Census Bureau that anchors the federal campus occupying the area north of the station along Silver Hill Road. While the new structures are a welcome addition to the area, the federal campus is self-contained, and employees have little interaction with the community. However, Suitland has the greatest mix of businesses and apartment complexes of any of the four stations, and key redevelopment opportunities exist just north of Suitland Road, including the area that was Suitland Manor, and other sites to the south along Branch Avenue such as Iverson Mall.
The Metro Green Line Transit-Oriented Development Corridor Action Plan

The Prince George’s County Planning Department of The Maryland–National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC or the Commission) is a recipient of a 2010 US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Challenge Planning Grant. The planning grant is to fund preparation of a comprehensive transit-oriented development action plan for the corridor that encompasses the last four Metro stations on the southern part of the Green Line in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The purpose of the planning project is to recommend policies, strategies, and an economic develoment program to stimulate growth at the four stations according to a well defined urban development plan.

Read more about this plan.