Long Branch station (Maryland)
Long Branch is a light rail station that is currently under construction in the Long Branch neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. It will be part of the Purple Line in Maryland. The station will be located at Arliss Street and Piney Branch Road, adjacent to the Long Branch Library.
Long Branch | |||||||||||
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| MTA light rail station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Long Branch, Silver Spring, MD 20901 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Purple Line Transit Partners [1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 center platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | no | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | June 2023 (scheduled)[2] | ||||||||||
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History
The Long Branch station is expected to open to the public in June 2023.
Station layout
The station consists of an island platform on the south side of Arliss Street, just west of Piney Branch Road.[3]
| P Platform level |
Westbound | ← Purple Line toward Bethesda (Manchester Place) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | Purple Line toward New Carrollton (Piney Branch Road) → | |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Long Branch station (Maryland). |
- "Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan". mymcmedia.org. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- 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.
- http://www.purplelinemd.com/images/archive/workshop_displays/2013-05/maps/University%20Blvd%20Arliss%20St%20-%20Lebanon%20St.pdf
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