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Riggs Road
MTA light rail station
General information
LocationLangley Park/Hyattsville, MD 20903
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Operated byPurple Line Transit Partners [1]
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Parkingno
AccessibleYes
History
OpeningJune 2023; 1 year ago (2023-06) (scheduled)[2]
Services
Preceding station Maryland Transit Administration Following station
Takoma Langley
toward Bethesda
Purple Line Adelphi Road–UMGC–UMD

Riggs 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 Riggs Road and University Boulevard.

History

The Riggs 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 Riggs Road.[3]

P
Platform level
Westbound      Purple Line toward Bethesda (Takoma Langley)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Purple Line toward New Carrollton (Adelphi Road–UMGC–UMD)

References

  1. ^ "Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan". mymcmedia.org. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "LEBANON ST – GUILFORD RD" (PDF). May 9, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
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Connecticut Avenue
Lyttonsville
16th Street–Woodside
Silver Spring
Bonifant Street
Silver Spring Library
Wayne Avenue
Dale Drive
Manchester Place
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MD 193
University Boulevard
Piney Branch Road
Takoma Langley
Riggs Road
Adelphi Road–UMGC–UMD
Campus Drive–UMD
Campus Drive
Baltimore Avenue–UMD
College Park–University of Maryland
Riverdale Park North–UMD
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Kenilworth Avenue
Riverdale Park–Kenilworth
Beacon Heights–East Pines
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Glenridge
Ellin Road
New Carrollton
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Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible