ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — For the first time since ground was broken on the project nearly eight years ago, a Purple Line train is being tested on tracks using the overhead electrical wires that give ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten years after the Maryland Department of Transportation signed a $5.6 billion contract to design and build the Purple Line — a ...

Gov. Wes Moore was in elementary school when the state’s Purple Line – the 16-mile light rail that will connect parts of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County – was first conceived in the late ...

After nearly ten years, Maryland's highly anticipated Purple Line is tantalizingly close to completion. In fact, social media posts last week showed a train being tested across the University of ...

Over the weekend the Maryland Transit Administration said the Purple Line project is now 87% finished. However, the opening date for the 16-mile, 21-station light rail line is still predicted to be ...

The Maryland Department of Transportation has awarded a total of $500,000 in a second round of grants for businesses located along the Purple Line to help offset lost revenue, disrupted operations and ...

Construction on Maryland's long-delayed Purple Line light rail is now 90% complete, and residents will soon have a chance to get neighborhood-level updates on the progress. (Maryland Department of ...

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Ten years after the Maryland Department of Transportation signed a $5.6 billion contract to design and build the Purple Line — a 16.2-mile light rail system in Washington DC's suburbs — construction ...