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Manchester Place
MTA light rail station
General information
LocationSilver Spring, MD 20910
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Operated byPurple Line Transit Partners [1]
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Parkingno
AccessibleYes
History
OpeningJune 2023; 1 year ago (2023-06) (scheduled)[2]
Services
Preceding station Maryland Transit Administration Following station
Dale Drive
toward Bethesda
Purple Line Long Branch

Manchester Place 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 underground in between Wayne Avenue and Plymouth Street.[3]

History

The Manchester Place station is expected to open to the public in June 2023.

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform just east of Wayne Avenue.

P
Platform level
Westbound      Purple Line toward Bethesda (Dale Drive)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound      Purple Line toward New Carrollton (Long Branch)

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. ^ "LONG BRANCH TRAIL | MANSFIELD DR TO UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD" (PDF). May 6, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
Purple Line
Bethesda
Connecticut Avenue
Lyttonsville
16th Street–Woodside
Silver Spring
Bonifant Street
Silver Spring Library
Wayne Avenue
Dale Drive
Manchester Place
Long Branch
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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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MD 201
Kenilworth Avenue
Riverdale Park–Kenilworth
Beacon Heights–East Pines
Glenridge Maintenance Facility
Glenridge
Ellin Road
New Carrollton
Amtrak

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible