Metro service at Greenbelt began on December 11, 1993, coinciding with the opening of three other stations in northern Prince George's County, Maryland — the completion of 7.96 miles of Green Line rail north of in
Washington, D.C. In 1979, before opening, the name was changed from "Greenbelt Road" to just "Greenbelt". The Greenbelt station played a role during the
January 20, 2009 presidential inauguration of
Barack Obama. Prior to this date, a decision was made by
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) officials not to allow private cars to park at this station in order to allow more than 1,100 charter buses to use the parking. However, only 35 such requests were made by private bus companies, and WMATA then reversed its decision, opening up 3,400 spaces to private vehicles. Route
B30 express service to
Baltimore–Washington International Airport (BWI) formerly began/ended at Greenbelt station, allowing for connections to
Baltimore's regional transit services. The line used to run daily until 2017 before eliminating all weekend service. Service was suspended in March 2020 and permanently discontinued due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. On June 25, 2017, Metro's
Yellow Line trains stopped serving the station due to the elimination of Rush+, which was part of major changes to the Metrorail system. On May 20, 2019, Metro announced that Yellow Line trains will be re-extended from Mount Vernon Square and Fort Totten to Greenbelt at all service hours beginning May 25, 2019. In May 2018, Metro announced an extensive renovation of platforms at twenty stations across the system. The platforms at the Greenbelt station would be rebuilt starting on May 29, 2021 through September 6, 2021. On April 8, 2021, a
COVID-19 mass vaccination site was opened in the parking lot of Greenbelt station. On May 7, 2023, the northeastern terminus of the
Yellow Line was truncated from Greenbelt to , following its reopening after a nearly eight-month-long major rehabilitation project on
its bridge over the
Potomac River and its tunnel leading into . From July 22 to September 4, 2023, the Metro station was closed to improve rail system technologies, along with all other Green Line stations north of . Half of Yellow Line service was re-extended to Greenbelt on December 31, 2025. == References ==