The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad opened its Washington Branch – soon after its main line – in 1872.

[1] The Lanham family deeded land in 1873 to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad for a station.

[6] By this time, Lanham station was served only by a limited number of Baltimore-Washington commuter trips; intercity trains generally did not stop.

[7] The grade crossing at Lanham Station Road was likely closed in 1970 when Penn Central eliminated several such grade crossings in Prince George's County as part of the construction of Capital Beltway station for the Metroliner service.

[10] Amtrak and AMDOT (the ex-Conrail service, soon thereafter the Penn Line) abandoned Capital Beltway on October 30, 1983, in favor of nearby New Carrollton, which had been a Washington Metro stop since 1978.