Piney Branch Road station
Piney Branch Road | |||||||||||
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| MTA light rail station | |||||||||||
 Construction site of the Piney Branch Road station. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | June 2023 (scheduled)[2] | ||||||||||
| 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 in June 2023.
Station layout
The station consists of an island platform on the median of University Boulevard just east of Piney Branch Road.[3]
| 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piney Branch Road station.
- ^ "Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan". mymcmedia.org. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ Shaver, Katherine (19 December 2019). "Purple Line will open first between College Park and New Carrollton, state says". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "ARLISS ST – LEBANON ST" (PDF). May 7, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
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