Piney Branch Road station
Piney Branch Road | |||||||||||
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MTA light rail station | |||||||||||
![]() Construction site of the Piney Branch Road station. | |||||||||||
Location | Silver Spring, MD 20903 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
Operated by | Purple Line Transit Partners [1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 center platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opening | June 2023[2] | (scheduled)||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Piney Branch Road is a light rail station that is currently under construction. It will be part of the Purple Line in Maryland. The station will be located at the intersection of Piney Branch Road and University Boulevard.
History[]
The Piney Branch Road station is expected to open to the public as late as 2027.[3]
Station layout[]
The station consists of an island platform on the median of University Boulevard just east of Piney Branch Road.[4]
P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Purple Line toward Bethesda (Long Branch) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | Purple Line toward New Carrollton (Takoma Langley) → |
References[]
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- ^ "Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan". mymcmedia.org. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ (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.
- ^ "ARLISS ST – LEBANON ST" (PDF). May 7, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
Categories:
- Purple Line (Maryland)
- Railway stations scheduled to open in 2023
- Railway stations in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Silver Spring, Maryland (CDP)
- Maryland railway station stubs