Baltimore Avenue–UMD station is an under-construction

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station in

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, that will be served by the Purple Line. The station will have two

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s flanking Rossborough Lane just east of

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. It will be one of five stations serving the

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(UMD). , the Purple Line is planned to open in 2027.

References

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