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Campus Drive–UMD Station
Campus Drive–UMD station is an under-construction light rail station in College Park, Maryland, that will be served by the Purple Line (Maryland), Purple Line. The station will be one of five stations serving the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). It will have two side platforms on opposite sides of Campus Drive west of Library Lane, just south of Cole Field House. History Construction of the station began in 2019 with the removal of trees surrounding the path of the line through campus and the conversion of Campus Drive to a one-way street to create room for the tracks and related infrastructure. In January 2020, lead contractor Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) announced that the eastern half of the line from College Park to New Carrollton would open in late 2022, with the remainder scheduled for completion in June 2023. At the same time, construction of the infrastructure surrounding the station continued with the relocation of UMD's "M" Circle from a traffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Park, Maryland
College Park is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located approximately from the northeast border of Washington, D.C. Its population was 34,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the home of the University of Maryland, College Park. College Park is also home to federal agencies such as the National Archives at College Park (Archives II), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA's Weather Prediction Center, and the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, as well as tech companies such as IonQ (quantum computing) or Cybrary (cyber security). College Park Airport, established in 1909, is the world's oldest continuously operated airport. The College Park Aviation Museum, attached to the airport and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, houses antique and reproduction aircraft as well as materials relating to early aviation history. In 2014, the University of Maryland launched the Greater College Park initiative, a $2&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
