Lyttonsville station
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Lyttonsville | |||||||||||
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MTA light rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Lyttonsville Place Bridge Silver Spring, MD 20910 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°00′01″N 77°03′14″W / 39.0003622°N 77.0538830°WCoordinates: 39°00′01″N 77°03′14″W / 39.0003622°N 77.0538830°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
Operated by | Maryland Transit Solutions | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opening | 2026[1] | (scheduled)||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Lyttonsville is a light rail station that is currently under construction in the Lyttonsville neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. It will be part of the Purple Line in Maryland. The station will be located at Lyttonsville Place.
History
The Purple Line is under construction as of 2022 and is scheduled to open in 2026.[2]
Station layout
The station consists of an island platform just north of the Lyttonsville Place overpass. It will feature steel girders from the historic Talbot Avenue bridge.[3]
References
- ^ Shaver, Katherine (December 19, 2019). "Purple Line will open first between College Park and New Carrollton, state says". The Washington Post.
- ^ Shaver, Katherine (2022-01-26). "Md. board approves $3.4 billion contract to complete Purple Line". The Washington Post.
- ^ Shaver, Katherine (January 20, 2018). "A historic bridge in the path of the Purple Line will be preserved, but how?". The Washington Post.