Parking at Metrorail stations

Facilities

Metro operates parking facilities at 42 Metrorail stations. Of these:

• All 42 stations offer daily or hourly parking, described below.
• Thirty-five stations offer reserved parking, in which customers purchase permits to park in reserved spaces. See the reserved parking page for details.

Fees

• Parking at Metro-operated lots is FREE on weekends and federal holidays. See Metro's holiday schedule.
• Fares for daily parking are collected upon exit at most stations, between 10:30 a.m and closing time of the rail system. But policies vary by station. See parking details for a list of all stations' parking information. Or, use the form below to search by station.
• Short-term metered parking costs $1 per hour, effective Jan. 6, 2008. However, parkers may find meters in some locations that still charge the old rate of 25¢ per hour, while meters are being upgraded to accept the higher fee.

Daily parking availability

Use this form to find parking's cost per day, fare collection policies, and number and type of spaces available. Or, see the reserved parking page.

Select a station:  All Metro stations Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Anacostia Braddock Road Branch Ave Brookland-CUA Capitol Heights Cheverly College Park-U of MD Congress Heights Deanwood Dunn Loring-Merrifield East Falls Church Forest Glen Fort Totten Franconia-Springfield Glenmont Greenbelt Grosvenor-Strathmore Huntington King Street Landover Largo Town Center Minnesota Ave Morgan Boulevard Naylor Road New Carrollton Prince George's Plaza Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Rockville Shady Grove Silver Spring Southern Avenue Suitland Takoma Tenleytown-AU Twinbrook Van Dorn Street Vienna/Fairfax-GMU West Falls Church-VT/UVA West Hyattsville Wheaton White Flint

Note: If a station is not in the list above, there is no daily Metro parking at that station. Suburban lots and garages often are full by 8 a.m. on weekdays. Space is generally available all day at the following stations: Landover, Prince George's Plaza, Twinbrook, White Flint, and Wheaton.

Payment options

SmarTrip. SmarTrip® cards are the only accepted form of payment for daily parking, except at: Anacostia, Franconia-Springfield, Largo Town Center, New Carrollton, Shady Grove and Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, where major credit cards are also accepted. You will not be able to exit any other Metro parking lot unless your SmarTrip card has enough money on it to pay the full parking fee.

See the SmarTrip page for details on buying and using SmarTrip. Note that SmarTrip cards are also sold through vending machines for $10 (with $5 value loaded) at all stations where parking is available.

Cash. Fees at metered spaces can be paid using coins. Cash cannot be used to pay any other parking fees.

Credit card pilot program. Customers can now pay daily parking fees with a major credit card at six pilot Metrorail stations. The parking facilities at the Anacostia, Franconia-Springfield, Largo Town Center, Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, Shady Grove and New Carrollton Metrorail stations each have one exit lane that accepts both credit card payments and SmarTrip. Customers may use Discover, Mastercard, Visa, American Express or Japanese Credit Bank cards at these locations, via credit card readers installed next to the existing SmarTrip card target readers on the side of the booth.

Multi-day parking

Multi-day parking is available at three stations: Greenbelt, Huntington, and Franconia-Springfield. Each of these stations has between 15 and 17 spaces allocated for multi-day use of up to 10 days. Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no charge for multi-day parking beyond the regular fee (paid with a SmarTrip card) on the day of exit, if exiting during collection hours (10:30 a.m. - midnight on Monday - Thursday, and 10:30 a.m. - 3 a.m. Friday).

These spaces, located inside the regular facilities and not at the metered (kiss and ride) spaces are at:
1. Level 1J at Franconia station
2. The South Lot at Huntington station (This is the lot, not the garage off N. Kings Hwy)
3. Cherrywood Lane side at Greenbelt station

Monthly reserved parking

For monthly reserved parking, see the monthly reserved parking information.

Note: We strive to provide accurate reference material for your convenience, but parking is governed by the posted rates and restrictions at the parking facility. Please let us know of any discrepancies via our customer comment form.