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Metro Report International
Maryland’s Purple Line project pushed back
USA: The opening date for the 26 km Purple Line light rail route between New Carrollton and Bethesda in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC has been pushed back again. ‘Despite significant achievements in the last year, including reaching project completion of more than 65%, an ...
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Organisations
Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP)
Light rail route under construction in northern Washington DC (25·7 km, 21 stops). See Washington DC network map. On March 2 2016 Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) granted PLTP a concession to build, operate and maintain the line from Bethesda in the northwest to New Carrollton in the east, interchanging with ...
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
First line opened 1976; network comprises 6 lines with 98 stations. See Washington DC network map. Only the Red line uses dedicated infrastructure over its entire length. All other heavy metro routes share at least one section with another line. Within the city centre these form two main corridors intersecting ...
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DC Streetcar (Washington DC)
Single line opened 2016 serving 8 stops. See Washington DC network map. The H/Benning Line opened February 27 2016 (3·9 km, 8 stops), from Union Station east to Oklahoma Ave/Benning Rd. A 3·2 km extension across the Anacostia river east to Benning Rd metro station and a western extension to ...