Long Branch station (Maryland)

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Long Branch
MTA light rail station
Purple Line construction at Long Branch 10.jpg
Location8736 Arliss Street, Long Branch, Silver Spring, MD 20901
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Operated byPurple Line Transit Partners [1]
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Parkingno
Disabled accessYes
History
OpeningJune 2023; 1 year's time (2023-06) (scheduled)[2]
Services
Preceding station MTA Maryland Following station
Manchester Place
toward Bethesda
Purple Line Piney Branch Road

Long Branch is a light rail station that is currently under construction in the Long Branch neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. It will be part of the Purple Line in Maryland. The station will be located at Arliss Street and Piney Branch Road, adjacent to the Long Branch Library.

History[]

The Long Branch station is expected to open to the public as late as 2027.[3]

Station layout[]

The station consists of an island platform on the south side of Arliss Street, just west of Piney Branch Road.[4]

P
Platform level
Westbound      Purple Line toward Bethesda (Manchester Place)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Purple Line toward New Carrollton (Piney Branch Road)

References[]

  1. ^ "Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan". mymcmedia.org. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ^ Shaver, Katherine (December 19, 2019). "Purple Line will open first between College Park and New Carrollton, state says". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. ^ (June 12, 2021) [June 11, 2021]. "Maryland transit officials seek $183 million for consultants on delayed Purple Line construction". Washington Post. pp. B1 & B3. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  4. ^ http://www.purplelinemd.com/images/archive/workshop_displays/2013-05/maps/University%20Blvd%20Arliss%20St%20-%20Lebanon%20St.pdf


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