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"The Trains are Rolling - What Should We Know?!" purplelinenow.com Meet the Panelists: * Ray Biggs II, Senior Project Director, Maryland Transit Administration @PurpleLineMD * Doran Bosso, CEO, Purple Line Transit Partners ... (1/?) #PurpleLineMD

Purple Line nears 90% completion; Community meetings announced bethesdamagazine.com/2026/02/23/pur… via @Bethesda Magazine #PurpleLine @PurpleLineMD @purplelinenow

The @PurpleLineMD tunnel under Jones Mill Rd now has rails as the entire project approaches 90% construction complete. The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) will be paved this spring open by summer. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

The new Spring St bridge sub structure is now complete, the @PurpleLineMD rail bed is in the final grading (C) phase and the 16th street station (R) has its canopies. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

Overhead catenary stringing work continues just east of the Lyttonsville @PurpleLineMD Station as the entire project reaches 90% construction now complete. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

CSX demanded a massive concrete "crash wall" to separate @PurpleLineMD from the heavy freight trains, a primary driver for the multi-year delays affecting this section from Talbot ave to Spring St. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

The new 16th St. @PurpleLineMD station has its canopies and the rail bed is in the final grading phase. The Spring St. bridge sub structure is now complete. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

The new Grubb Rd connection to the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) is in the final grading phase before spring paving and a summer opening. @PurpleLineMD #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

The new Metropolitan Branch Trail bridge over Georgia Ave is nearing completion with final grading happening on the east side approaches. #bikeDC #CCT #BikeTrails #MetropolitanBranch @purplelinenow @WABADC

The new section of the Metropolitan Branch still has a lot of work to be done here where it will pass under the new Spring Street bridge. The MBT starts at the Talbot AveBridge and will run south to Union Station #bikeDC #CCT #BikeTrails #MetropolitanBranch @purplelinenow @WABADC

The construction access to @PurpleLineMD track bed is now closed off with a retaining wall as grading continues on the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) at the Rock Creek Park crossing. #bikeDC #PurpleLineMD #purplelineprogress #CCTrail #LightRail @purplelinenow @WABADC

Construction will start this summer on a pedestrian and bicycle improvement project along 16th Street from Spring Street to Second Avenue with connections to @PurpleLineMD and the Capital Crescent Trail. #bikeDC #CCT #BikeTrails #VisionZero #SAFTEY @purplelinenow @WABADC

A phrase is coined!

@purplelinenow The transcountynental railroad is complete thank you

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FTA Region 3 Administrator Terry Garcia-Crews led staff in celebrating the completion of new rail lines for the Purple Line Project in Bethesda, MD. FTA invested $1.2 billion in the 16-mile light rail line, which was initiated under President Trump’s first term.

In Silver Spring Maryland Governor Wes Moore & other officials just pounded in the final rails for the entire 16-mile project in Montgomery & Prince George’s. There’s still a lot of work to be done installing overhead wires & testing. It’s expected to open late next year.

As the last piece of track is installed, I’m thinking of the pioneering Purple Line advocates whose relentless pursuit of a shared vision seeded this long sought celebration. @purplelinenow @PurpleLineMD @MarylandDOT #PurpleLine #MarylandTransit  bethesdamagazine.com/2026/05/08/fin…

Looks like fresh asphalt on the Capital Crescent Trail in Bethesda. #CCT #BikeDC @WABADC @purplelinenow

The long-delayed light rail🟣@PurpleLineMD🟣project connecting @MontgomeryCoMD to Prince George’s County took a big step forward Thursday. wtop.com/maryland/2026/… #mdcommuters #bethesdamd #transit #silverspringmd

The final tracks were laid for Maryland's Purple Line, the light rail that will connect parts of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County. bit.ly/42p8nuF