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Purple Line (Maryland)

January 01, 1970

The Purple Line is a 16.2-mile (26.1 km) light rail line[3] being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.: Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton.[7] Currently slated to open in late 2027, the line will also enable riders to move between the Maryland branches of the Red, Green, and Orange lines of the Washington Metro without riding into central Washington, and between all three lines of the MARC commuter rail system. 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.

Purple Line
Purple Line construction in Silver Spring, June 2020
Overview
StatusUnder construction
OwnerMaryland Transit Administration
LocaleMontgomery County, MD
Prince George's County, MD
Termini
Stations21 (planned)[1]
Websitepurplelinemd.com
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMaryland Transit Administration
Rolling stock28 CAF LRVs[2]
Daily ridership64,800 (2030 projection)[1]
History
Planned openingLate 2027
Technical
Track length16.2[3] mi (26.1 km)
CharacterAt-grade, elevated, and underground
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge[4]
ElectrificationOverhead line, 1,500 V DC[5]
Operating speed55[6] mph (89 km/h)
Route map
Purple Line highlighted in purple
Legend
This diagram:

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 transit. Legal attempts to thwart the line continued even after construction had begun;[8] but in December 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that Purple Line construction could continue despite these objections.[9][10]

In 2016, a consortium headed by Fluor Enterprises won the $5.6 billion contract to design and build the Purple Line, then to operate and maintain it for 36 years.[11][3] Construction began in August 2017.[12] Work halted in September 2020, when the consortium withdrew from the contract, citing mounting delays and disputes with the state government.[13] The project had already consumed $1.1 billion of the anticipated $2 billion construction cost.[14]

A new general contractor was selected in November 2021,[15] and a new contract was signed in April 2022. This new agreement added $3.7 billion to the total cost of building, running, and maintaining the Purple Line for 30 years, bringing it to $9.3 billion. Construction costs alone rose $1.46 billion, bringing the total to $3.4 billion.[16] Full-scale construction activity resumed in summer 2022.[17]

Costs rose and the opening date receded again in 2023[18] and 2024.[19] As of March 2024, the estimated cost to build the line and operate it through 2057 was $9.53 billion, some $4 billion over the initial 2016 budget of $5.6 billion. Train service is expected to begin in late 2027.[19]

History edit

Early studies, public debate, design edit

 
Topological map of the Washington Metro system depicting integration of the Purple Line

The "Purple Line" has been the name of two different transit proposals. In 1994, John J. Corley Jr., an architect with Harry Weese Associates (which designed the Washington Metro system) proposed a multibillion-dollar Metro line around the 64-mile (103 km) Capital Beltway. This would have served as a "ring" line, connecting suburb to suburb and complementing the existing Metro lines, which radiate from Washington.[20] (See Rapid transit#Network topologies.) In 1998, the Beltway Purple Line received considerable political support from Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan and Governor Parris Glendening, which was a $10 billion, 30-mile (48 km) line from National Harbor to Montgomery Mall.[21]

In 1987, after CSX expressed a desire to abandon the Georgetown Branch rail line, Maryland leaders immediately started planning to repurpose it for transit and a hiking trail.[22] The idea of adapting the railroad for a transit line dated back at least as far as 1970, when such a use was included in the October 1970 Master Plan for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Planning Area.[23] Montgomery County purchased its portion of the railroad right-of-way from CSX in 1988 and in 1989 budgeted $107 million to build a trolley between Bethesda and Silver Spring and a pair of trails between Silver Spring and the District.[24][25]

Eventually, this proposal came known as the "Inner Purple Line" to distinguish it from the "Beltway Purple Line". By 2001, the "Beltway Purple Line" proposal had been abandoned as too costly and the name was attached to the Bethesda to New Carrollton line.[26]

Robert Flanagan, the Maryland State Secretary of Transportation under Governor Robert Ehrlich, merged the Purple Line proposal with the Georgetown Branch Light Rail Transit (GBLRT) line. The GBLRT was proposed as a light rail transit line from Silver Spring westward, following the former Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (now a short CSX siding and the Capital Crescent Trail) to Bethesda.[27]

 
Groundbreaking ceremony of the Purple Line on August 28, 2017.[28]

In March 2003, the Ehrlich administration renamed the project the "Bi-County Transitway", reflecting a proposal by Ehrlich and Flanagan to use bus rapid transit instead of light rail, and because the name "Purple Line" seemed to suggest a new heavy-rail system like the color-named lines of the Washington Metro system. The new name did not catch on; several media outlets and most citizens continued to refer to the "Purple Line". In 2007, Governor Martin O'Malley and Secretary of Transportation John Porcari reverted to "Purple Line".[29]

In January 2008, the O'Malley administration allocated $100 million within a six-year capital budget to complete design documents for state approval and funding of the Purple Line.[30] In May 2008, it was projected that the Purple Line would have about 68,000 daily trips.[31] A draft environmental impact study was issued on October 20, 2008.[32] On December 22, 2008, Montgomery County planners endorsed building a light rail line rather than a bus line. On January 15, 2009, the county planning board also endorsed the light rail option,[33] and County Executive Isiah Leggett has also expressed support.[34] On October 21, 2009, members of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the Purple Line light rail project for inclusion into the region's Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan.[35]

Planners proposed to use existing Washington Metro stations and to accept the WMATA's SmarTrip farecard.[36] Metro's 2008 annual report envisioned that the Purple Line would be fully integrated with the existing Washington Metro transit system by 2030.[37][38]

The proposed project drew support and opposition in the community:

Support for Purple Line
  • Purple Line Now is a non-profit organization that advocated for a Purple Line light rail line from Bethesda to New Carrollton to be integrated with a hiker/biker trail from Bethesda to Silver Spring.[39]
  • The Action Committee for Transit is a community group that supports the Purple Line.[40]
  • The Washington Post editorial board endorsed the Purple Line light rail option in 2008.[41]
  • The Montgomery County Council and Prince George's County Council voted unanimously in favor of the light rail option for the Purple Line in January 2009.[42]
  • Maryland state officials (including former Governor Martin O'Malley) are also strong Purple Line advocates. State officials say that a Purple Line, which is to run primarily above ground, "would provide better east–west transit service, particularly for lower-income workers who cannot afford cars."[43]
  • The development firm Chevy Chase Land Co. is a strong proponent of the construction of the Purple Line. The website for the pro-Purple umbrella group Purple Line NOW! lists Edward Asher as a member of its board of directors. The Washington Post stated that the development firm would "no doubt profit from property it owns near at least one of the proposed stations."[43]
  • The Sierra Club advocates a larger-scale rail system to parallel the Capital Beltway and link all existing Metro lines at their peripheries. This environmental group advocates rail transit over car use because carbon emissions are a major cause of climate change.[44]
  • Some student leaders (the Student Government Association and Graduate Student Government) at the University of Maryland support transit alternatives to campus.[45][46]
  • On January 27, 2009, the Montgomery County Council voted to support the light rail option.[47] Governor O'Malley announced his own approval on August 4, 2009.[1]
  • The vice president of trail development for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has said that with proper design, the trail-Purple Line combination can be "among the best in the nation."[48]
  • Members of the Facebook group New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens were "irrationally excited for the forthcoming Maryland purple line."[49]
Support for bus
  • A 2008 study by Sam Schwartz Engineering for the Town of Chevy Chase supported bus rapid transit using an alternate Jones Bridge Road alignment. The Chevy Chase study expressed concerns about the expected ridership numbers, carbon footprint, interruptions in recreation pathways, and the cost of bus and light rail proposals by the MTA involving a Capital Crescent Trail alignment. Although a Jones Bridge Road alignment was also proposed by the MTA, the study noted that features typical of bus rapid transit that were missing from the MTA proposal.[50]
Opposition to rail
 
Opponents argued that the Purple Line would hurt the Capital Crescent Trail (pictured).
 
Construction of the Purple Line and Capital Crescent Trail crossings of Rock Creek during the construction pause in 2021
  • A not-for-profit local organization, Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail, began collecting signatures on a petition opposing the MTA's Purple Line proposals in 2003; in 2014, it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia asserting that the Federal Transit Administration had not complied with federal environmental laws when it approved a grant to help build the Purple Line. In 2008, the organization's website asserted that the MTA's light rail and bus rapid transit proposals would undermine the environment and safety on the Capital Crescent Trail,[51] and endorsed running bus rapid transit on Jones Bridge Road, as recommended by the Chevy Chase study.[50] But the petition called for yet a different option because the Jones Bridge Road route would affect the trail.[52]
  • A leading opponent of the Purple Line was the Columbia Country Club, a private club whose golf course occupies both sides of the planned route between Bethesda and Silver Spring.[53] The club, "long viewed as one of the most well-financed and politically connected Purple Line foes", spent thousands of dollars over a decade lobbying state and federal officials, hosting fundraisers for sympathetic politicians,[54] and organizing "grassroots" opposition.[55] In 2013, newly elected leaders of the Club signed an agreement not to oppose the Purple Line if its route were adjusted by 12 feet (3.66 m) and other concessions were granted.[56]
  • Opponents in the Town of Chevy Chase cited the town's study of bus rapid transit alternatives. The study estimated a cost of less than $1 billion for a bus rapid transit system, compared with an estimated cost of $1.8 billion for light rail.[57] A 2011 news report placed the cost of the rail line at US$1.93 billion.[58]
  • In 2010, residents around the Dale Wayne stop worried that doubling the size of the road, along with the county's "smart growth" policy around transit stops, would encourage commercial development in a residential neighborhood. They wondered about the accuracy of the MTA's prediction that the Dale station would see 1,427 daily boardings.[59][60]

Approval edit

 
Hogan backed the Purple Line while blocking construction of the Baltimore Red Line in 2015.
 
Purple Line construction at the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center in Silver Spring, May 2020
 
The Northeast Branch Anacostia River crossing during the construction pause in 2021

In June 2015, the Purple Line was approved by Governor Larry Hogan, who had opposed the project while campaigning in 2014. Hogan cancelled its sister project, the Baltimore Red Line, citing excessive costs, and reduced the state's contribution to the Purple Line from $700 million to $168 million, putting the difference toward highway construction. To make up the difference, Prince George's and Montgomery counties would contribute more money and the frequency of train service would be reduced.[61]

The Purple Line was procured as a full design-build-finance-operate-maintain public–private partnership. On December 7, 2015, four teams composed of major American and international firms submitted their bids to realize the project:[62][63]

On March 2, 2016, Hogan announced that the state had chosen Purple Line Transit Partners to build, operate, and maintain the Purple Line for $3.3 billion over 36 years, with service to start in late 2022.[64]

On April 6, 2016, the Maryland Board of Public Works (composed of Hogan, State Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp, and State Comptroller Peter Franchot) unanimously approved the contract.[65] The $5.6 billion contract is 876 pages long and, according to The Washington Post is "believed to be the most expensive government contract ever in Maryland" and "one of the largest public-private partnerships on a U.S. transportation project" ever.[65] The contract approval allowed the MTA to finalize $900 million in federal construction grants.[64][65]

In August 2016, U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon vacated the Purple Line's federal approval, ruling that the MTA and the Federal Transit Administration did not properly study whether Metro's maintenance issues and ridership decline would affect the Purple Line.[66] Hogan responded that Leon's residence at the Columbia Country Club, a leading opponent of the line, represented a conflict of interest.[67] A federal funding agreement cannot be signed without the reinstatement of the environmental approval, and Maryland had said it could not afford to build the Purple Line without sufficient federal funding.[66][68] On August 21, 2017, despite the ongoing court case over the environmental analysis, $900 million of federal funding was granted for the light rail project.[69] On December 19, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of the Purple Line, stating that declining ridership on the Washington Metro system does not require Maryland to complete a new environmental study for the Purple Line.[10] This federal appeals court ruling allowed for construction to continue and effectively ended the three-year legal battle surrounding the light-rail line project.[9]

In 2019, the Purple Line Transit Partners said the opening date would slip to 2023 or 2024.[70]

On April 13, 2020, U.S. District Judge James Bredar dismissed the third and final lawsuit brought by opponents of the Purple Line.[71]

Builder consortium quits edit

By 2020, the project had accrued over $800 million in change orders from Purple Line Transit Partners and the opening date had slipped 32 months.[72][73][74] On May 1, the consortium declared their intent to cease work on the line and withdraw from their contract.[72] A temporary restraining order halted the company from quitting work, but it was lifted in September,[75] and PLTP began packing up construction sites the following week.[76] In November, MDOT announced that MTA had assumed many of the Purple Line's contracts, including the manufacturing of light-rail cars, operations, and maintenance, as well as design and construction contracts.[77] On November 24, MDOT agreed to pay $250 million to PLTP to settle the costs of overruns,[78][79] a move approved unanimously in mid-December by Maryland's Board of Public Works (BPW). Officials aimed to restart construction within nine months—i.e., fall 2021.[80]

Work resumes edit

On November 5, 2021, Purple Line officials announced that the contract to finish construction would go to Maryland Transit Solutions: a joint venture of Dragados USA and OHL USA, both American subsidiaries of major Spanish construction firms.[15] The contract was ultimately set at $2.3 billion, bringing total construction costs to $3.4 billion, some $1.46 billion over the 2016 plan.[16]

As 2022 opened, state officials said the line would open in fall 2026.[81] The new construction contract was approved by BPW on January 26, 2022, and signed in April 2022.[16] Full-scale construction activity resumed in summer 2022.[17] In June 2022, MTA said that 77% of the necessary utility relocations had been completed, and that the Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility was complete and in operation.[82]

In January 2023, the estimated cost to build and operate the line for 36 years was $9.28 billion. In July 2023, MTA officials added $148 million to their construction-costs estimate, pushing the build-and-operate cost to $9.4 billion. The expected opening date was delayed to May 2027, more than five years later than first planned. The officials said the changes were due to the change of contractor, to inflation, and to labor shortages.[18]

In March 2024, MTA officials asked the state's Board of Public Works to approve another $425 million for the project. The extra money would go toward construction costs and also extend the contract to operate the line to 2057. The request would boost the total cost to build and operate the line to about $9.53 billion, about $4 billion over the initial 2016 budget of $5.6 billion. It was the second-largest request for extra funds, after the 2022 addition. They also said the Purple Line was now forecast to open in late 2027.[19]

Route and station locations edit

 
The Silver Spring Library, with the space under the overhang set aside for the future Purple Line station
 
Roughly geographical map of the proposed Purple Line routes including alternative alignments

The planned rail line will connect the existing Metro, MARC commuter rail, and Amtrak stations at:[7]

The following stations are part of the "Locally Preferred Alternative" route approved by Governor Martin O'Malley on August 9, 2009:[83]

Station Name Location Connections
Bethesda 7450 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 		  Metrorail:   Red Line
  Metrobus: J2
  Ride On: 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 47, 70
  Bethesda Circulator
  Capital Crescent Trail
Connecticut Avenue Capital Crescent Trail & Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815		   Metrobus: L8
Lyttonsville Lyttonsville Place, Lyttonsville
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		  Ride On: 2
16th Street–Woodside 16th Street, Woodside
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		  Metrobus: J1, J2
  Ride On: 1, 2, 11, 18
Silver Spring 8400 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		  Metrorail:   Red Line
  MARC Train:   Brunswick Line
  Metrobus: 70, 79, F4, J1, J2, Q2, Q4, S2, S9, Y2, Y7, Y8, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8
  Ride On: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, Flash BRT (Blue, Orange)
  MTA Maryland Bus: 915, 929
  Shuttle-UM: 111
  Peter Pan Bus
Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		  Metrobus: F4
  Ride On: 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28
  Shuttle-UM: 111
Dale Drive Dale Drive & Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		  Ride On: 12, 15, 19
Manchester Place Wayne Avenue & Plymouth Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910 		  Ride On: 12, 13, 19
Long Branch 8736 Arliss Street
Silver Spring, MD 20901 		  Ride On: 14, 15, 16, 20, 24
Piney Branch Road Piney Branch Road & University Boulevard
Silver Spring, MD 20903 		  Metrobus: C2, C4
  Ride On: 14, 15, 16, 20, 24
Takoma–Langley 7900 New Hampshire Ave
Langley Park, MD 		  Metrobus: C2, C4, F8, K6, K9
  Ride On: 15, 16, 17, 18, 25
  TheBus: 18
  Shuttle-UM: 111
Riggs Road Riggs Road & University Boulevard
Langley Park/Hyattsville, MD 20903 		  Metrobus: C2, C4, F8, R1, R2
  TheBus: 18
Adelphi Road–UMGC–UMD Adelphi Road & Campus Drive
Adelphi/Hyattsville, MD 20903 		  Metrobus: C2, C8, F6, F8
  TheBus: 18
  Shuttle-UM
Campus Drive–UMD Campus Drive & Library Lane
College Park, MD 20742 		  Metrobus: C2, C8, F6
  Shuttle-UM
Baltimore Avenue–UMD Baltimore Avenue & Rossborough Lane
College Park, MD 20742 		  Metrobus: 83, 86, C8, F6
  TheBus: 17
  Shuttle-UM
College Park–UMD 4931 Calvert Road & 7202 Bowdoin Avenue
College Park, Maryland 		  Metrorail:   Green Line
  MARC Train:   Camden Line
  Metrobus: 83, 86, C8, F6, R12
  RTA: 302/G
  TheBus: 14, 17
  Shuttle-UM: 104, 109
  MTA Maryland: 204
Riverdale Park North–UMD River Road & Haig Drive
Riverdale Park, MD 20737 		  Metrobus: F6, R12
  TheBus: 14
Riverdale Park–Kenilworth East West Highway & Kenilworth Avenue
Riverdale Park, MD 20737 		  Metrobus: F4, R12, T14
  TheBus: 14
Beacon Heights–East Pines Riverdale Road & 67th Avenue
Riverdale Park, MD 20737 		  Metrobus: F4, T14
  TheBus: 14
Glenridge Veterans Parkway & Annapolis Road
Hyattsville, MD 20784 		  Metrobus: F13, T18
New Carrollton 4300–4700 Garden City Drive
New Carrollton, MD 		  Metrorail:   Orange Line
  MARC Train:   Penn Line
  Amtrak
  Metrobus: A12, B21, B22, B24, B27, F4, F6, F12, F13, F14, G12, G14, T14, T18
  MTA Maryland Commuter Bus
  TheBus: 15X, 16, 21, 21X
  Greyhound

Potential expansion edit

Although the Purple Line is a 16-mile (28.8-km) east–west line between Bethesda and New Carrollton,[7] there have been several proposals to expand the line further into Maryland or to mirror the Capital Beltway as a loop around the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The Sierra Club has argued for a Purple Line that would "encircle Washington, D.C." and "connect existing suburban metro lines."[44] Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, while campaigning in 2006, similarly stated that he would "like to see the Purple Line go from Bethesda to across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge," adding, "Let's swing that boy all the way around" (a reference to having the Purple Line circle through Virginia and back to the line's point of origin in Bethesda).[84]

An advocacy group known as "The Inner Purple Line Campaign" proposed that the Purple Line be extended westward to Tysons Corner and eastward to Largo, and that it could eventually cross the new Wilson Bridge from Suitland through Oxon Hill to Alexandria, eventually forming a rail line that encircles the city.[40] The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge (I-495's southern crossing over the Potomac River) is built to carry a heavy or light rail line.[85] Suggested stops along this proposed Purple Line expansion include:[86]

Rolling stock edit

The light rail vehicles designed to run on the Purple Line are being built by CAF at their Elmira, New York, facility. Each train is 140 feet (43 m) long, consists of 5 modules, and can carry up to 431 passengers (seated plus standing).[88] CAF began testing the cars in 2020.[89] Fabrication of all 130 modular car shells at the CAF facility in Spain was completed in June 2021.[90] 26 of the 28 trains have been assembled as of February 2023.[2]

See also edit

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purple, line, maryland, purple, line, mile, light, rail, line, being, built, link, several, maryland, suburbs, washington, bethesda, silver, spring, college, park, carrollton, currently, slated, open, late, 2027, line, will, also, enable, riders, move, between. The Purple Line is a 16 2 mile 26 1 km light rail line 3 being built to link several Maryland suburbs of Washington D C Bethesda Silver Spring College Park and New Carrollton 7 Currently slated to open in late 2027 the line will also enable riders to move between the Maryland branches of the Red Green and Orange lines of the Washington Metro without riding into central Washington and between all three lines of the MARC commuter rail system 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 Purple LinePurple Line construction in Silver Spring June 2020OverviewStatusUnder constructionOwnerMaryland Transit AdministrationLocaleMontgomery County MDPrince George s County MDTerminiBethesda West New Carrollton East Stations21 planned 1 Websitepurplelinemd wbr comServiceTypeLight railSystemMaryland Transit AdministrationRolling stock28 CAF LRVs 2 Daily ridership64 800 2030 projection 1 HistoryPlanned openingLate 2027TechnicalTrack length16 2 3 mi 26 1 km CharacterAt grade elevated and undergroundTrack gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm standard gauge 4 ElectrificationOverhead line 1 500 V DC 5 Operating speed55 6 mph 89 km h Route mapPurple Line highlighted in purple Show interactive mapLegend Bethesda Connecticut Avenue Rock Creek Lyttonsville 16th Street Woodside Silver Spring Bonifant Street Silver Spring Library Wayne Avenue Dale Drive Sligo Creek Manchester Place Long Branch MD 193University Boulevard Piney Branch Road Takoma Langley Montgomery CoountyPrince George s County Riggs Road Northwest Branch Anacostia River Adelphi Road UMGC UMD Campus Drive UMD Campus Drive Baltimore Avenue UMD College Park University of Maryland Riverdale Park North UMD MD 201Kenilworth Avenue Riverdale Park Kenilworth Beacon Heights East Pines Glenridge Maintenance Facility Glenridge Ellin Road New Carrollton All stations are accessible This diagram viewtalkedit Show route diagram 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 transit Legal attempts to thwart the line continued even after construction had begun 8 but in December 2017 the U S Court of Appeals for the D C Circuit ruled that Purple Line construction could continue despite these objections 9 10 In 2016 a consortium headed by Fluor Enterprises won the 5 6 billion contract to design and build the Purple Line then to operate and maintain it for 36 years 11 3 Construction began in August 2017 12 Work halted in September 2020 when the consortium withdrew from the contract citing mounting delays and disputes with the state government 13 The project had already consumed 1 1 billion of the anticipated 2 billion construction cost 14 A new general contractor was selected in November 2021 15 and a new contract was signed in April 2022 This new agreement added 3 7 billion to the total cost of building running and maintaining the Purple Line for 30 years bringing it to 9 3 billion Construction costs alone rose 1 46 billion bringing the total to 3 4 billion 16 Full scale construction activity resumed in summer 2022 17 Costs rose and the opening date receded again in 2023 18 and 2024 19 As of March 2024 the estimated cost to build the line and operate it through 2057 was 9 53 billion some 4 billion over the initial 2016 budget of 5 6 billion Train service is expected to begin in late 2027 19 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early studies public debate design 1 2 Approval 1 3 Builder consortium quits 1 4 Work resumes 2 Route and station locations 2 1 Potential expansion 3 Rolling stock 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editEarly studies public debate design edit nbsp Topological map of the Washington Metro system depicting integration of the Purple Line The Purple Line has been the name of two different transit proposals In 1994 John J Corley Jr an architect with Harry Weese Associates which designed the Washington Metro system proposed a multibillion dollar Metro line around the 64 mile 103 km Capital Beltway This would have served as a ring line connecting suburb to suburb and complementing the existing Metro lines which radiate from Washington 20 See Rapid transit Network topologies In 1998 the Beltway Purple Line received considerable political support from Montgomery County Executive Douglas M Duncan and Governor Parris Glendening which was a 10 billion 30 mile 48 km line from National Harbor to Montgomery Mall 21 In 1987 after CSX expressed a desire to abandon the Georgetown Branch rail line Maryland leaders immediately started planning to repurpose it for transit and a hiking trail 22 The idea of adapting the railroad for a transit line dated back at least as far as 1970 when such a use was included in the October 1970 Master Plan for the Bethesda Chevy Chase Planning Area 23 Montgomery County purchased its portion of the railroad right of way from CSX in 1988 and in 1989 budgeted 107 million to build a trolley between Bethesda and Silver Spring and a pair of trails between Silver Spring and the District 24 25 Eventually this proposal came known as the Inner Purple Line to distinguish it from the Beltway Purple Line By 2001 the Beltway Purple Line proposal had been abandoned as too costly and the name was attached to the Bethesda to New Carrollton line 26 Robert Flanagan the Maryland State Secretary of Transportation under Governor Robert Ehrlich merged the Purple Line proposal with the Georgetown Branch Light Rail Transit GBLRT line The GBLRT was proposed as a light rail transit line from Silver Spring westward following the former Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore amp Ohio Railroad now a short CSX siding and the Capital Crescent Trail to Bethesda 27 nbsp Groundbreaking ceremony of the Purple Line on August 28 2017 28 In March 2003 the Ehrlich administration renamed the project the Bi County Transitway reflecting a proposal by Ehrlich and Flanagan to use bus rapid transit instead of light rail and because the name Purple Line seemed to suggest a new heavy rail system like the color named lines of the Washington Metro system The new name did not catch on several media outlets and most citizens continued to refer to the Purple Line In 2007 Governor Martin O Malley and Secretary of Transportation John Porcari reverted to Purple Line 29 In January 2008 the O Malley administration allocated 100 million within a six year capital budget to complete design documents for state approval and funding of the Purple Line 30 In May 2008 it was projected that the Purple Line would have about 68 000 daily trips 31 A draft environmental impact study was issued on October 20 2008 32 On December 22 2008 Montgomery County planners endorsed building a light rail line rather than a bus line On January 15 2009 the county planning board also endorsed the light rail option 33 and County Executive Isiah Leggett has also expressed support 34 On October 21 2009 members of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the Purple Line light rail project for inclusion into the region s Constrained Long Range Transportation Plan 35 Planners proposed to use existing Washington Metro stations and to accept the WMATA s SmarTrip farecard 36 Metro s 2008 annual report envisioned that the Purple Line would be fully integrated with the existing Washington Metro transit system by 2030 37 38 The proposed project drew support and opposition in the community Support for Purple Line Purple Line Now is a non profit organization that advocated for a Purple Line light rail line from Bethesda to New Carrollton to be integrated with a hiker biker trail from Bethesda to Silver Spring 39 The Action Committee for Transit is a community group that supports the Purple Line 40 The Washington Post editorial board endorsed the Purple Line light rail option in 2008 41 The Montgomery County Council and Prince George s County Council voted unanimously in favor of the light rail option for the Purple Line in January 2009 42 Maryland state officials including former Governor Martin O Malley are also strong Purple Line advocates State officials say that a Purple Line which is to run primarily above ground would provide better east west transit service particularly for lower income workers who cannot afford cars 43 The development firm Chevy Chase Land Co is a strong proponent of the construction of the Purple Line The website for the pro Purple umbrella group Purple Line NOW lists Edward Asher as a member of its board of directors The Washington Post stated that the development firm would no doubt profit from property it owns near at least one of the proposed stations 43 The Sierra Club advocates a larger scale rail system to parallel the Capital Beltway and link all existing Metro lines at their peripheries This environmental group advocates rail transit over car use because carbon emissions are a major cause of climate change 44 Some student leaders the Student Government Association and Graduate Student Government at the University of Maryland support transit alternatives to campus 45 46 On January 27 2009 the Montgomery County Council voted to support the light rail option 47 Governor O Malley announced his own approval on August 4 2009 1 The vice president of trail development for the Rails to Trails Conservancy has said that with proper design the trail Purple Line combination can be among the best in the nation 48 Members of the Facebook group New Urbanist Memes for Transit Oriented Teens were irrationally excited for the forthcoming Maryland purple line 49 Support for bus A 2008 study by Sam Schwartz Engineering for the Town of Chevy Chase supported bus rapid transit using an alternate Jones Bridge Road alignment The Chevy Chase study expressed concerns about the expected ridership numbers carbon footprint interruptions in recreation pathways and the cost of bus and light rail proposals by the MTA involving a Capital Crescent Trail alignment Although a Jones Bridge Road alignment was also proposed by the MTA the study noted that features typical of bus rapid transit that were missing from the MTA proposal 50 Opposition to rail nbsp Opponents argued that the Purple Line would hurt the Capital Crescent Trail pictured nbsp Construction of the Purple Line and Capital Crescent Trail crossings of Rock Creek during the construction pause in 2021 A not for profit local organization Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail began collecting signatures on a petition opposing the MTA s Purple Line proposals in 2003 in 2014 it filed a lawsuit in the U S District Court in the District of Columbia asserting that the Federal Transit Administration had not complied with federal environmental laws when it approved a grant to help build the Purple Line In 2008 the organization s website asserted that the MTA s light rail and bus rapid transit proposals would undermine the environment and safety on the Capital Crescent Trail 51 and endorsed running bus rapid transit on Jones Bridge Road as recommended by the Chevy Chase study 50 But the petition called for yet a different option because the Jones Bridge Road route would affect the trail 52 A leading opponent of the Purple Line was the Columbia Country Club a private club whose golf course occupies both sides of the planned route between Bethesda and Silver Spring 53 The club long viewed as one of the most well financed and politically connected Purple Line foes spent thousands of dollars over a decade lobbying state and federal officials hosting fundraisers for sympathetic politicians 54 and organizing grassroots opposition 55 In 2013 newly elected leaders of the Club signed an agreement not to oppose the Purple Line if its route were adjusted by 12 feet 3 66 m and other concessions were granted 56 Opponents in the Town of Chevy Chase cited the town s study of bus rapid transit alternatives The study estimated a cost of less than 1 billion for a bus rapid transit system compared with an estimated cost of 1 8 billion for light rail 57 A 2011 news report placed the cost of the rail line at US 1 93 billion 58 In 2010 residents around the Dale Wayne stop worried that doubling the size of the road along with the county s smart growth policy around transit stops would encourage commercial development in a residential neighborhood They wondered about the accuracy of the MTA s prediction that the Dale station would see 1 427 daily boardings 59 60 Approval edit nbsp Hogan backed the Purple Line while blocking construction of the Baltimore Red Line in 2015 nbsp Purple Line construction at the Paul S Sarbanes Transit Center in Silver Spring May 2020 nbsp The Northeast Branch Anacostia River crossing during the construction pause in 2021 In June 2015 the Purple Line was approved by Governor Larry Hogan who had opposed the project while campaigning in 2014 Hogan cancelled its sister project the Baltimore Red Line citing excessive costs and reduced the state s contribution to the Purple Line from 700 million to 168 million putting the difference toward highway construction To make up the difference Prince George s and Montgomery counties would contribute more money and the frequency of train service would be reduced 61 The Purple Line was procured as a full design build finance operate maintain public private partnership On December 7 2015 four teams composed of major American and international firms submitted their bids to realize the project 62 63 Maryland Purple Line Partners Vinci Concessions Walsh Investors InfraRed Capital Alstom and Keolis Maryland Transit Connectors John Laing Investments Kiewit Development Company Edgemoor Infrastructure amp Real Estate and RATP Dev Purple Line Transit Partners Meridiam Fluor Corporation Star America CAF and Alternate Concepts Purple Plus Alliance Macquarie Capital Group Skanska Kinki Sharyo and Transdev On March 2 2016 Hogan announced that the state had chosen Purple Line Transit Partners to build operate and maintain the Purple Line for 3 3 billion over 36 years with service to start in late 2022 64 On April 6 2016 the Maryland Board of Public Works composed of Hogan State Treasurer Nancy K Kopp and State Comptroller Peter Franchot unanimously approved the contract 65 The 5 6 billion contract is 876 pages long and according to The Washington Post is believed to be the most expensive government contract ever in Maryland and one of the largest public private partnerships on a U S transportation project ever 65 The contract approval allowed the MTA to finalize 900 million in federal construction grants 64 65 In August 2016 U S District Court Judge Richard J Leon vacated the Purple Line s federal approval ruling that the MTA and the Federal Transit Administration did not properly study whether Metro s maintenance issues and ridership decline would affect the Purple Line 66 Hogan responded that Leon s residence at the Columbia Country Club a leading opponent of the line represented a conflict of interest 67 A federal funding agreement cannot be signed without the reinstatement of the environmental approval and Maryland had said it could not afford to build the Purple Line without sufficient federal funding 66 68 On August 21 2017 despite the ongoing court case over the environmental analysis 900 million of federal funding was granted for the light rail project 69 On December 19 2017 the U S Court of Appeals for the D C Circuit ruled in favor of the Purple Line stating that declining ridership on the Washington Metro system does not require Maryland to complete a new environmental study for the Purple Line 10 This federal appeals court ruling allowed for construction to continue and effectively ended the three year legal battle surrounding the light rail line project 9 In 2019 the Purple Line Transit Partners said the opening date would slip to 2023 or 2024 70 On April 13 2020 U S District Judge James Bredar dismissed the third and final lawsuit brought by opponents of the Purple Line 71 Builder consortium quits edit By 2020 the project had accrued over 800 million in change orders from Purple Line Transit Partners and the opening date had slipped 32 months 72 73 74 On May 1 the consortium declared their intent to cease work on the line and withdraw from their contract 72 A temporary restraining order halted the company from quitting work but it was lifted in September 75 and PLTP began packing up construction sites the following week 76 In November MDOT announced that MTA had assumed many of the Purple Line s contracts including the manufacturing of light rail cars operations and maintenance as well as design and construction contracts 77 On November 24 MDOT agreed to pay 250 million to PLTP to settle the costs of overruns 78 79 a move approved unanimously in mid December by Maryland s Board of Public Works BPW Officials aimed to restart construction within nine months i e fall 2021 80 Work resumes edit On November 5 2021 Purple Line officials announced that the contract to finish construction would go to Maryland Transit Solutions a joint venture of Dragados USA and OHL USA both American subsidiaries of major Spanish construction firms 15 The contract was ultimately set at 2 3 billion bringing total construction costs to 3 4 billion some 1 46 billion over the 2016 plan 16 As 2022 opened state officials said the line would open in fall 2026 81 The new construction contract was approved by BPW on January 26 2022 and signed in April 2022 16 Full scale construction activity resumed in summer 2022 17 In June 2022 MTA said that 77 of the necessary utility relocations had been completed and that the Glenridge Operations and Maintenance Facility was complete and in operation 82 In January 2023 the estimated cost to build and operate the line for 36 years was 9 28 billion In July 2023 MTA officials added 148 million to their construction costs estimate pushing the build and operate cost to 9 4 billion The expected opening date was delayed to May 2027 more than five years later than first planned The officials said the changes were due to the change of contractor to inflation and to labor shortages 18 In March 2024 MTA officials asked the state s Board of Public Works to approve another 425 million for the project The extra money would go toward construction costs and also extend the contract to operate the line to 2057 The request would boost the total cost to build and operate the line to about 9 53 billion about 4 billion over the initial 2016 budget of 5 6 billion It was the second largest request for extra funds after the 2022 addition They also said the Purple Line was now forecast to open in late 2027 19 Route and station locations edit nbsp The Silver Spring Library with the space under the overhang set aside for the future Purple Line station nbsp Roughly geographical map of the proposed Purple Line routes including alternative alignments The planned rail line will connect the existing Metro MARC commuter rail and Amtrak stations at 7 Bethesda Metro Red Line Silver Spring Metro Red Line MARC Brunswick Line College Park Metro Green Line MARC Camden Line New Carrollton Metro Orange Line MARC Penn Line Amtrak Northeast Regional Amtrak Vermonter The following stations are part of the Locally Preferred Alternative route approved by Governor Martin O Malley on August 9 2009 83 Station Name Location Connections Bethesda 7450 Wisconsin AvenueBethesda Maryland nbsp Metrorail nbsp Red Line nbsp Metrobus J2 nbsp Ride On 29 30 32 34 36 47 70 nbsp Bethesda Circulator nbsp Capital Crescent Trail Connecticut Avenue Capital Crescent Trail amp Connecticut AvenueChevy Chase MD 20815 nbsp Metrobus L8 Lyttonsville Lyttonsville Place LyttonsvilleSilver Spring MD 20910 nbsp Ride On 2 16th Street Woodside 16th Street WoodsideSilver Spring MD 20910 nbsp Metrobus J1 J2 nbsp Ride On 1 2 11 18 Silver Spring 8400 Colesville RoadSilver Spring MD 20910 nbsp Metrorail nbsp Red Line nbsp MARC Train Brunswick Line nbsp Metrobus 70 79 F4 J1 J2 Q2 Q4 S2 S9 Y2 Y7 Y8 Z2 Z6 Z7 Z8 nbsp Ride On 1 2 4 5 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 Flash BRT Blue Orange nbsp MTA Maryland Bus 915 929 nbsp Shuttle UM 111 nbsp Peter Pan Bus Silver Spring Library 900 Wayne AvenueSilver Spring MD 20910 nbsp Metrobus F4 nbsp Ride On 15 16 17 19 20 28 nbsp Shuttle UM 111 Dale Drive Dale Drive amp Wayne AvenueSilver Spring MD 20910 nbsp Ride On 12 15 19 Manchester Place Wayne Avenue amp Plymouth StreetSilver Spring MD 20910 nbsp Ride On 12 13 19 Long Branch 8736 Arliss StreetSilver Spring MD 20901 nbsp Ride On 14 15 16 20 24 Piney Branch Road Piney Branch Road amp University BoulevardSilver Spring MD 20903 nbsp Metrobus C2 C4 nbsp Ride On 14 15 16 20 24 Takoma Langley 7900 New Hampshire AveLangley Park MD nbsp Metrobus C2 C4 F8 K6 K9 nbsp Ride On 15 16 17 18 25 nbsp TheBus 18 nbsp Shuttle UM 111 Riggs Road Riggs Road amp University BoulevardLangley Park Hyattsville MD 20903 nbsp Metrobus C2 C4 F8 R1 R2 nbsp TheBus 18 Adelphi Road UMGC UMD Adelphi Road amp Campus DriveAdelphi Hyattsville MD 20903 nbsp Metrobus C2 C8 F6 F8 nbsp TheBus 18 nbsp Shuttle UM Campus Drive UMD Campus Drive amp Library LaneCollege Park MD 20742 nbsp Metrobus C2 C8 F6 nbsp Shuttle UM Baltimore Avenue UMD Baltimore Avenue amp Rossborough LaneCollege Park MD 20742 nbsp Metrobus 83 86 C8 F6 nbsp TheBus 17 nbsp Shuttle UM College Park UMD 4931 Calvert Road amp 7202 Bowdoin AvenueCollege Park Maryland nbsp Metrorail nbsp Green Line nbsp MARC Train Camden Line nbsp Metrobus 83 86 C8 F6 R12 nbsp RTA 302 G nbsp TheBus 14 17 nbsp Shuttle UM 104 109 nbsp MTA Maryland 204 Riverdale Park North UMD River Road amp Haig DriveRiverdale Park MD 20737 nbsp Metrobus F6 R12 nbsp TheBus 14 Riverdale Park Kenilworth East West Highway amp Kenilworth AvenueRiverdale Park MD 20737 nbsp Metrobus F4 R12 T14 nbsp TheBus 14 Beacon Heights East Pines Riverdale Road amp 67th AvenueRiverdale Park MD 20737 nbsp Metrobus F4 T14 nbsp TheBus 14 Glenridge Veterans Parkway amp Annapolis RoadHyattsville MD 20784 nbsp Metrobus F13 T18 New Carrollton 4300 4700 Garden City DriveNew Carrollton MD nbsp Metrorail nbsp Orange Line nbsp MARC Train Penn Line nbsp Amtrak nbsp Metrobus A12 B21 B22 B24 B27 F4 F6 F12 F13 F14 G12 G14 T14 T18 nbsp MTA Maryland Commuter Bus nbsp TheBus 15X 16 21 21X nbsp Greyhound Potential expansion edit Although the Purple Line is a 16 mile 28 8 km east west line between Bethesda and New Carrollton 7 there have been several proposals to expand the line further into Maryland or to mirror the Capital Beltway as a loop around the Washington D C metropolitan area The Sierra Club has argued for a Purple Line that would encircle Washington D C and connect existing suburban metro lines 44 Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown while campaigning in 2006 similarly stated that he would like to see the Purple Line go from Bethesda to across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge adding Let s swing that boy all the way around a reference to having the Purple Line circle through Virginia and back to the line s point of origin in Bethesda 84 An advocacy group known as The Inner Purple Line Campaign proposed that the Purple Line be extended westward to Tysons Corner and eastward to Largo and that it could eventually cross the new Wilson Bridge from Suitland through Oxon Hill to Alexandria eventually forming a rail line that encircles the city 40 The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge I 495 s southern crossing over the Potomac River is built to carry a heavy or light rail line 85 Suggested stops along this proposed Purple Line expansion include 86 Downtown Largo Branch Avenue Oxon Hill potentially near Rosecroft Raceway at which Metro has at times had plans to build a stop since 1980 87 National Harbor Alexandria potentially the King Street Old Town Metro station Springfield Annandale Dunn Loring Tysons CornerRolling stock editThe light rail vehicles designed to run on the Purple Line are being built by CAF at their Elmira New York facility Each train is 140 feet 43 m long consists of 5 modules and can carry up to 431 passengers seated plus standing 88 CAF began testing the cars in 2020 89 Fabrication of all 130 modular car shells at the CAF facility in Spain was completed in June 2021 90 26 of the 28 trains have been assembled as of February 2023 2 See also edit nbsp Transport portal nbsp Trains portal Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Washington Metro Talbot Avenue bridgeReferences edit a b c Governor O Malley Announces Purple Line Locally Preferred Alternative Press release New Carrollton MD Maryland Department of Transportation MDOT August 4 2009 Archived from the original on September 14 2015 Retrieved October 18 2014 a b Community Advisory Team Meeting 10 Lyttonsville Maryland Transit Administration MTA February 28 2023 p 13 Archived from the original on April 13 2023 Retrieved April 13 2023 a b c Freed Benjamin March 2 2016 Purple Line Construction to Start Later This Year Washingtonian Archived from the original on January 27 2022 Retrieved April 25 2016 Request For Proposals Technical Provisions Part 2B Design Build Requirements Report MDOT Maryland Transit Administration MTA pp 2 203 Archived from the original on February 7 2021 Retrieved September 27 2020 Shah Dhaval R Presale Purple Line Transit Partners LLC Toronto Ontario Canada S amp P Global Ratings p 14 Archived from the original on December 14 2018 Retrieved December 11 2018 MARYLAND LRV CAF Archived from the original on July 9 2023 Retrieved July 9 2023 a b c Project Overview Purple Line Baltimore MD MTA Archived from the original on December 22 2017 Retrieved July 25 2015 Metcalf Andrew December 19 2016 Transit Agencies Say Metro s Woes Won t Impact Purple Line Bethesda Magazine Archived from the original on July 14 2018 Retrieved January 12 2017 a b Shaver Katherine December 19 2017 Federal appeals court ruling allows Purple Line construction to continue The Washington Post Archived from the original on January 28 2021 Retrieved December 26 2017 a b Cloherty Megan December 19 2017 US appeals court clears a legal hurdle for Purple Line WTOP Radio Chevy Chase MD Archived from the original on January 27 2022 Retrieved December 26 2017 Purple Line Contract Receives Green Light From Governor Larry Hogan Rockville MD Montgomery Community Media March 2 2016 Archived from the original on March 9 2021 Retrieved March 2 2016 Shaver Katherine September 27 2018 Purple Line set to open in fall of 2022 despite year long delay in construction start Maryland official says The Washington Post Archived from the original on October 8 2018 Retrieved October 7 2018 Shaver Katherine October 9 2020 Maryland takes over contracts on Purple Line construction after contractor quits The Washington Post Archived from the original on March 4 2021 Retrieved January 13 2022 Shaver Katherine January 12 2022 Purple Line will open 4 years late and cost 1 4 billion more to complete state says The Washington Post Archived from the original on February 24 2022 Retrieved January 13 2022 a b Shaver Katherine November 5 2021 New Purple Line contractors selected to resume full construction this spring The Washington Post Archived from the original on November 5 2021 Retrieved November 8 2021 a b c New construction contract for Maryland s Purple Line signed The Washington Post April 14 2022 Archived from the original on July 5 2022 Retrieved April 21 2022 a b Shaver Katherine September 30 2022 As Purple Line construction resumes the fight against gentrification is on The Washington Post Archived from the original on December 2 2022 Retrieved October 18 2022 a b Cox Erin July 14 2023 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