Piney Branch Road | |||||||||||
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MTA light rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Silver Spring, MD 20903 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°59′56″N76°59′42″W / 38.9989°N 76.9950°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
Operated by | Maryland Transit Solutions | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 center platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opening | 2027[1] | (scheduled)||||||||||
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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.
The Purple Line system is under construction as of 2023 and is scheduled to open in 2027. [1]
The station consists of an island platform on the median of University Boulevard just east of Piney Branch Road. [2]
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) → |
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