LANDOVER

THROUGH THE THREE-DAY LABOR DAY weekend, Orange Line trains will not serve the Cheverly, Landover and New Carrollton stations in Prince George's County due to a major track rehabilitation project. On that end of the Orange Line, trains will terminate at the Deanwood station in the District. Shuttle bus service will ferry passengers to and from the closed stations.

More details here.

Metro mapMETRO WILL CLOSE the Cheverly, Landover and New Carrollton Metrorail stations in Maryland over the upcoming holiday weekend for "a major track rehabilitation project," the transit agency announced today.

From a Metro statement:

Metro will replace the rail switch outside the Cheverly Metrorail station on the Orange Line from 10 p.m., Friday, August 31 to 11:59 p.m., Monday, September 3 (Labor Day). A rail switch or "interlocking" is an intersection in the track, where trains "switch" from one track to another. This work must be done to ensure service quality and safe operation through the Cheverly Metrorail station.
Shuttle buses will run every eight to 10 minutes from the Deanwood station, where the Orange Line will terminate, to New Carrollton, with stops at Cheverly and Landover, Metro says.

Metro service will run on its regular weekend schedule on Saturday and Sunday, and on a Sunday schedule for Monday's Labor Day holiday.

» "Cheverly, Landover and New Carrollton Metro Stations to Close This Weekend for Track Work" [WMATA]

Photo by James M. Thresher/The Washington PostIS LANDOVER SET TO BE THE NEW BETHESDA? If Prince George's County officials have their way, the dusty lot that's home to the now-defunct Landover Mall, pictured here, will be the area's next suburban town center.

As The Post's Ovetta Wiggins reports, Prince George's County's days of glory are not that far removed — but many probably never even knew those days existed.

The development, which is in the very early planning stages, is the latest attempt to breathe new life into the inner and older suburbs of Prince George's where District residents flocked in the 1960s and '70s for sprawling green lawns, trees and affordable housing. The area has changed however, in the past couple of decades, with escalating crime rates, eroding housing stock and declining student academic performances.
The plan to redesign the land into a mixed use, public-private development, is also being considered for properties in Hyattsville and Suitland.

(Yes, but will photography be allowed?)

» "Landover May Be Next on Revival Bandwagon" [WaPo]
» "The Photo Flap Moves to Rockville" [Raw Fisher/WaPo]
» "Developer in Silver Spring Concedes to Photogs" [Free Ride/Express]

Aerial photo of the Landover Mall being torn down last year by James M. Thresher/The Washington Post

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