Purple Line Silver Spring Library
About 50 area residents came last night for a presentation and conversation about the purple line s art in transit project held at montgomery blair high school by the maryland transit administration.
Purple line silver spring library. At bethesda silver spring college park and new carrollton. Silver spring library mdot mta purple line skip to main content. The silver spring library station was envisioned as early as 2015 when space for the station was left in the design of the silver spring library. The purple line is a 16 2 mile light rail line under construction to link the maryland suburbs of bethesda silver spring college park and new carrollton all in the washington metropolitan area.
The station itself will be added to the library and is expected to open to the public in june 2023. The line will allow riders to move between the maryland branches of the red green yellow and orange lines of the washington metro without needing to ride into central washington d c and will also offer transfers to all three lines of the marc commuter rail system. It will be part of the purple line in maryland. Green trail proposed art in transit for silver spring library station silver spring international middle school tpss legend shade tree ornamental tree shrubs revegetation groundcover perennials grasses turf brick to be replaced to manchester place sligo creek arc rd.
Postal service has confirmed that the post office located in the spring center on 16 th st. The program was organized by the maryland transit administration for the purple line art in transit project. Silver spring library is a light rail station that is currently under construction. Will move its operations to the silver spring library at 900 wayne ave.
Purple line alignment pa map 2020 02 03 english created date. Library manchester place silver spring 495 metro 95 495 95 495 co eg park metro l metro umd glenridge adelphi maryland 295 maryland 193 maryland 201 1 maryland 295 maryland 193 maryland 201 maryland 97 maryland 212. Purple line transit partners dale drive dale drive station connections to. It will provide a direct connection to the metrorail red green and orange lines.
The post office is the only business left in the center which is shut down for construction of the purple line light rail. The project is administered by t. A 16 mile light rail line with 21 stations that will extend from bethesda in montgomery county to new carrollton in prince george s county. The platforms will be more substantial than a bus stop but not the size of a metrorail station and will be between 140 and 200 feet long.
The purple line is a 16 mile light rail line that will extend from bethesda in montgomery county to new carrollton in prince george s county. The postal service is finalizing plans to move to a temporary location due to the metropolitan transit authorities request to vacate our existing facility said a usps spokesperson in an. The purple line has 21 stations 10 in montgomery county and 11 in prince george s county.