• The Purple Line will have four stops in Prince George’s County. College Park/the University of Maryland, M Square, Riverdale Park and New Carrollton.

• The Purple Line which is 16-miles long will connect Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Lytonsville, Silver Spring, Long Branch, Takoma/Langley, College Park/the University of Maryland, M Square, Riverdale Park and New Carrollton, Maryland. In doing so, the Inner Purple Line will form an arc around the northern end of our nation's capital, tying together major Maryland suburban centers in Maryland's two most populous counties.

• The Purple Line will connect to four branches of the metro rail system (Red twice, Green, and Orange), three MARC rail lines, two AMTRAK lines, dozens of bus routes and two intercity bus stations.
• In 1999, the State of Maryland selected the Inner Purple Line as the preferred transportation alternative, with the strong endorsement of the Montgomery and Prince George's County Councils. Study continued under the Ehrlich Administration and was reinvigorated under the administration of Governor Martin O'Malley in 2007.

• The Inner Purple Line will cut the travel time for tens of thousands of current transit riders. It will bring more Maryland residents into close proximity to stops on the regional rail transit system and encourage additional tens of thousands of citizens to switch to transit for trips to work, school and

• In the future, the Purple Line will extend westward to Tyson's Corner, eastward to Largo and Oxon Hill, Maryland, and across the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge to Alexandria, Virginia. Eventually, the rail line could encircle the entire metropolitan Washington DC area.

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