page_title: Purple Line (Maryland)
hierarchical_section_title: Purple Line (Maryland)
caption_attribution_description: English: The logo for the MTA Purple Line project.
context_page_description: 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 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. The project is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration.
  Purple Line Transit Partners, a consortium led by Fluor Enterprises, will design and build the Purple Line, and subsequently operate and maintain it for 36 years. Construction began in August 2017. While originally scheduled to start service in March 2022, mounting construction setbacks and extended lawsuits had delayed the expected opening to 2026.
  Throughout the decades-long planning process, the project had been dogged by resistance, particularly from inhabitants of the upscale community of Chevy Chase. During the administration of Governor Bob Ehrlich plans were made to build a bus rapid transit line dubbed the Bi-County Transitway instead.
context_section_description: The Purple Line is a 16.2-mile (26.1 km) 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 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. The project is administered by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA).
  Purple Line Transit Partners, a consortium led by Fluor Enterprises, will design and build the Purple Line, and subsequently operate and maintain it for 36 years. Construction began in August 2017. While originally scheduled to start service in March 2022, mounting construction setbacks and extended lawsuits had delayed the expected opening to 2026.
  Throughout the decades-long planning process, the project had been dogged by resistance, particularly from inhabitants of the upscale community of Chevy Chase. During the administration of Governor Bob Ehrlich plans were made to build a bus rapid transit line dubbed the Bi-County Transitway instead. Legal attempts to thwart the line continued even after construction had begun; but in December 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that Purple Line construction could continue, effectively ending the legal battle over the rail project.
caption: Purple Line logo
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