Baltimore Avenue–College Park–UMD station

Baltimore Avenue–College Park–UMD 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 Baltimore Avenue and Rossborough Lane on the eastern campus of the University of Maryland.

Baltimore Avenue–College Park–UMD
MTA light rail station
LocationCollege Park, MD 20742
Owned byMaryland Transit Administration
Operated byPurple Line Transit Partners [1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeat-grade
Parkingno
Disabled accessYes
History
OpeningJune 2023 (2023-06) (scheduled)[2]
Services
Preceding station MTA Maryland Following station
Campus Drive–UMD
toward Bethesda
 Purple Line College Park Metro–UMD
toward New Carrollton

History

The Baltimore Avenue–College Park–UMD station is expected to open to the public in June 2023.

Station layout

The station consists of two side platforms on either side of Rossborough Lane.[3]

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ←      Purple Line toward Bethesda (Campus Drive–UMD)
Eastbound →      Purple Line toward New Carrollton (College Park Metro–UMD) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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. "UNIV M - COLLEGE PARK METRO" (PDF). May 7, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2018.

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