Facility / MEP Design

The Metro system has 45 outdoor rail stations constructed with concrete platforms. These platforms were designed and built over four decades ago to safely accommodate customers waiting for trains and boarding Metro railcars. The Platform Improvement Project is a multi-year effort to improve the safety of platforms at 20 exterior stations with significant deterioration due to routine wear and tear combined with exposure to weather and the agents used during de-icing.

Phase 3 will reconstruct platforms at Blue Line stations (Arlington Cemetery and Addison Road) and northern Green Line stations (West Hyattsville, Prince George’s Plaza, College Park, and Greenbelt). The Rehabilitation Program includes lighting upgrades in which the installation of new, brighter lights will improve visibility as well as enhance safety and security while reducing energy costs. Metro will install energy-efficient LED lighting on the platforms, track beds, pylons, and parapets. The stations’ lighting will be ten times brighter while using a fraction of the energy.

Garg Consulting Services, Inc. provided platform lighting design services at the Green Line Stations for this project. Project tasks included, but were not limited to:

- Lighting Fixture Plans.
- Electrical Lighting Panels.
- Photometric analysis for the Platforms, Mezzanines, and Passageways.