Silver Spring Library | |||||||||||
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Location | 900 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°59′43″N77°01′28″W / 38.9953099°N 77.0245347°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Maryland Transit Administration | ||||||||||
Operated by | Maryland Transit Solutions | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opening | 2027[1] | (scheduled)||||||||||
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Silver Spring Library is a light rail station that is currently under construction. It will be part of the Purple Line in Maryland.
The Silver Spring Library station was envisioned during the design of the Silver Spring Library. Space for the station was included in the construction of the library, which opened in 2015. [2] The Purple Line system is under construction as of 2023 and is scheduled to open in 2027. [3]
The station consists of two side platforms.
P Platform level | Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Westbound | ← Purple Line toward Bethesda (Silver Spring) | |
Eastbound | Purple Line toward New Carrollton (Dale Drive) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
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