Purple Line Silver Spring Transit Center station construction update (Photos)

Here's a look at the latest progress on the future Purple Line station at the Silver Spring Transit Center. You can see the platform taking shape, including the textured warning strip at the edge where trains will pull up to stop. No tracks have been laid down at the station yet. The Purple Line will have connections with Metrobus, Ride On bus, Metrorail, and MARC commuter rail service at this location.

Silver Spring Transit Center Purple Line construction update (Photos)

There are now 400 workers building the Purple Line light rail system at 60 different construction sites between Bethesda and New Carrollton, according to the Maryland Transit Administration. Here we are taking a closer look at one of them, the Silver Spring Transit Center in downtown Silver Spring. The major component being worked on here at the moment, is a new mezzanine connecting the Metro subway platform to the Silver Spring Transit Center. MTA says this will improve connections between the future Purple Line station, Metro, MARC, Metrobus and Ride On services. 

Silver Spring Transit Center restrooms reopen

The public restrooms at the Paul Sarbanes Silver Spring Transit Center reopened yesterday. WMATA announced that they will be open Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and on weekends from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The restrooms had been closed for nearly two years.

Purple Line construction update (Video+Photos)

The elevated track for the future Purple Line at the Silver Spring Transit Center is beginning to resemble an actual trestle. A bridge structure is now capping off what were merely vertical supports in recent weeks. You can also see a lot more is being staged and assembled on the plaza itself at the station.

Purple Line work going full steam in Silver Spring (Video+Photos)

The foundations for the eventual elevated Purple Line track at the Silver Spring Transit Center continue to take shape. As work has intensified, several bus stops have been relocated. See the sign below (or in-person) to find the new, temporary location of your stop, if it was impacted.