Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center

{{Short description|Bus transit facility in Langley Park, Maryland}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center

| name_lang = en

| style = MTA Maryland

| image = Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center.jpg

| caption = The Transit Center in 2018

| address = 7900 New Hampshire Avenue

| borough = Langley Park, Maryland{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/bus/takoma-langley.cfm |title=Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center {{pipe}} WMATA |access-date=January 14, 2017}}

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|38.990072|N|76.988710|W|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Maryland Transit Administration

| operator =

| bus_stands = 12{{cite web |url=https://mta.maryland.gov/takoma-langley |title=Takoma-Langley Crossroads {{pipe}} Maryland Transit Administration |access-date=January 9, 2017}}

| bus_operators = {{flatlist|

| bus_routes = 11

| connections =

| structure = Covered pavilion

| parking = no

| bicycle = no

| accessible = yes

| code =

| zone =

| website =

| opened = {{Start date|2016|12|22|df=y}}

| closed =

| passengers = 12,000 daily

| pass_year =

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| other_services_header = Future services

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=MTA Maryland|line=Purple|left=Piney Branch Road|right=Riggs Road}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail-light |marker-color=#{{rcr|MTA Maryland|Purple}} |zoom=15 }}

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The Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center is a bus transit center and future Purple Line light rail station in Langley Park, Maryland. Located at the intersection of University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue, it is the largest bus-only transfer in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

History

The center was delayed by negotiations over land. Construction started in the spring of 2013, with an expected completion date in the fall of 2015.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-to-start-building-long-delayed-transit-center-in-prince-georges/2013/02/15/ad93a178-7140-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_story.html |title=Maryland to start building long-delayed transit center in Prince George's |first=Luz |last=Lazo |date=February 15, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=January 15, 2017}} The $34.8-million transit center was designed to ease bus transfers and improve pedestrian safety.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/05/21/long-planned-prince-georges-transit-center-to-open-this-fall/ |title=Long-planned Prince George's transit center to open this fall |first=Luz |last=Lazo |date=May 21, 2015 |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=January 15, 2017}} It ultimately opened on December 22, 2016.

{{As of|2022}}, the Purple Line is planned to open in 2027.{{cite news |last=Shaver |first=Katherine |date=2022-01-26 |title=Md. board approves $3.4 billion contract to complete Purple Line |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/01/26/purple-line-contract-maryland/}} It will have an island platform in the median of University Boulevard just west of New Hampshire Avenue.{{Cite web |url=http://www.purplelinemd.com/images/archive/workshop_displays/2013-05/maps/University%20Blvd%20Lebanon%20St%20-%20Guilford%20Rd.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-04-12 |archive-date=2013-12-20 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://purplelinemd.com/overview/2485 |title=Tacoma — Langley |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration |access-date=April 8, 2025}}

Routes

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Bay{{cite web \|url=https://www.wmata.com/service/bus/upload/takoma-langley-center-map.pdf \|title=Bus Service from Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center \|accessdate=January 16, 2017}} !Route !Operator !Destination
rowspan=8 valign=top\|A \|16 \|Ride On \|{{stn\|Silver Spring	Maryland}}
111 \|Shuttle-UM \|Silver Spring
C2 \|WMATA \|{{wmata\|Wheaton}}
C2 \|WMATA \|{{wmata\|Twinbrook}}
C4 \|WMATA \|Wheaton
C4 \|WMATA \|Twinbrook
K6 \|WMATA \|White Oak
K9 \|WMATA \|FDA
B \|18 \|The Bus \|{{stn\|Addison Road}}
C \|F8 \|WMATA \|{{stn\|Cheverly}}
rowspan=3 valign=top\|D \|111 \|Shuttle-UM \|Student Union
C2 \|WMATA \|{{stn\|Greenbelt}}
C4 \|WMATA \|{{stn\|Hyattsville Crossing}}
E \|17 \|Ride On \|Silver Spring
F \|15 \|Ride On \|Silver Spring
rowspan=5 valign=top\|G \|16 \|Ride On \|{{stn\|Takoma}}
18 \|Ride On \|Silver Spring
25 \|Ride On \|Takoma
K6 \|WMATA \|{{stn\|Fort Totten}}
K9 \|WMATA \|Fort Totten

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Bay{{cite web |url=https://www.wmata.com/service/bus/upload/takoma-langley-center-map.pdf |title=Bus Service from Takoma Langley Crossroads Transit Center |accessdate=January 16, 2017}}

!Route

!Operator

!Destination

rowspan=8 valign=top|A

|16

|Ride On

|{{stn|Silver Spring

Maryland}}

111

|Shuttle-UM

|Silver Spring

|WMATA