Riggs Road station explained

Style:

MTA Maryland

Riggs Road

Type:

MTA light rail station

Address:

Langley Park/Hyattsville, Maryland 20903

Platform:

1 center platform

Tracks:

Structure:

at-grade

Parking:

Opening:

(scheduled)^[1]

Accessible:

yes

Owned:

Maryland Transit Administration

Operator:

Maryland Transit Solutions

Mapframe:

yes

Mapframe-Custom:

Shape:	none
Line:	none
Marker:	rail-light
Zoom:	15

Riggs 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 Riggs Road and University Boulevard.

History

The Purple Line system is under construction as of 2023 and is scheduled to open in 2027.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of an island platform on the median of University Boulevard just east of Riggs Road.^[2]

P Platform level	Westbound	← toward
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound	toward →

Notes and References

News: Shaver . Katherine . 2022-01-26 . Md. board approves $3.4 billion contract to complete Purple Line . The Washington Post .
Web site: Lebanon St – Guilford Rd . May 9, 2013 . Maryland Purple Line . Maryland Transit Administration . April 12, 2018 . December 20, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131220214625/http://www.purplelinemd.com/images/archive/workshop_displays/2013-05/maps/University%20Blvd%20Lebanon%20St%20-%20Guilford%20Rd.pdf . dead .