Purple Line (Maryland)
Under-construction light rail line in the US
Purple Line (Maryland)
The Purple Line is a 16.2-mile (26.1 km) light rail line being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.: Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton. Slated to open in late 2027, the line will enable riders to move between the Maryland branches of the Red, Green, Yellow, Silver, and Orange lines of the Washington Metro, and between all three lines of the MARC commuter rail system, without riding into central Washington. The project is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), an agency of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), and not the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which operates Metro. Throughout its decades-long planning process, the project was dogged by resistance, particularly from residents of the upscale community of Chevy Chase and members of the Columbia Country Club. From 2003 to 2006, Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich changed the proposed mode of transportation from light rail to bus rapid...
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