Purple line links Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton.

Purple line is a new light rail currently under construction in Maryland. Although its length is 16 miles and passing through multiple counties and cities, surprisingly not many people are aware of this big news.

At this post, I organized information you might be interested. As you already know, sometimes the newly constructed public transit promotes real estate market by bringing the new demands to the market. It’s why you want to read this post. In 3 minutes, you will find all the answer for the questions about the purple line.

What is the Purple Line?

The Purple Line is a 16-mile light rail line currently under construction in Maryland. It will extend from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George's County.

It is expected to open in 2026-2027 and will provide a direct connection to the Metrorail Red, Green and Orange Lines; at Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrollton.

Why do we need the Purple Line?

Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, and New Carrolton are cities in Maryland where you can easily commute to the DC area. However, although these cities have excellent proximity to the DC, traveling between these cities can be little frustrating. For example, if you want to visit the DC from College Park, you can just hop on the Green line and that’s it. But, if you are trying to go to Silver Spring from College Park by public transit, you need to go to the DC to transfer the metro.

But from 2026 or 2027, it’s going to be more convenient to travel or commute between these cities. The purple line is designed to link Montgomery county and Prince George’s county without passing through the DC.

21 Stations across the two counties, Montgomery county and Prince George’s county

There are 21 stations planned, 10 stations in Montgomery county and 11 stations in Prince George’s county respectively.

Montgomery County

Bethesda

Bethesda - Woodmont Plaza

Connecticut Avenue

Lyttonsville

16th Street-Woodside

Silver Spring

Silver Spring Library

Dale Drive

Manchester Place - Access from E. Wayne Ave

Manchester Place – Access from Plymouth Street

Long Branch with Crossing Gate

Piney Branch Road

Prince George's County

Takoma-Langley

Riggs Road

Adelphi Road-UMGC-UMD

Campus Drive-UMD

Baltimore Avenue-UMD

College Park-UMD

Riverdale Park North-UMD

Riverdale Park-Kenilworth

Beacon Heights-East Pines

Glenridge

New Carrollton

Future UMD Students Are Already Excited!

The Purple line directly connects University of Maryland in College Park with the areas mentioned above. By using this light rail, students who are living in Bethesda area, Silver Spring area, and New Carrollton area can easily attend to their class in UMD.

Families got more options

Not only for the students, the Purple Line is a wonderful news to the families in these area. As you already know, Bethesda is one of the most expensive areas to buy a house in Maryland. According to Zillow statistics, the average house price in Bethesda was more than 1 million dollars. But now, maybe many families can consider to live in the near cities as well. Because they will have many alternative houses directly linked with Bethesda area.

Providing More Opportunities

By linking these two counties, citizens will enjoy much more opportunities than they have had. First of all, they can commute to any places on the Purple Line track without their cars. It will drastically improve low-income family’s employment situation.

Also, It will promote local economy in Maryland. Instead of visiting the DC for shopping using metro, citizens in the two counties can just hop on the light rail and head to downtown of Silver Spring. Purple line will promote local job market and small businesses in Maryland as well.

Will the Purple Line Promote Real Estate Market in PG county and Montgomery county?

Undoubtedly yes, it will promote local real estate market, especially where Purple Line meets other metro lines to the DC. Because those areas will absorb two types of people, Maryland-DC travelers and Maryland-Maryland travelers at the same time. First, those areas will have more tenants than before, making the average rent in those cities higher. And then, their house price will get higher as their rent income is increased.

For successful real estate investment in Maryland, consider these four cities

Therefore, if you are considering middle term real estate investment in Maryland, you MUST consider these four cities where the Purple Line meets the DC metro lines.

Remember to consider condo first, because the rent demand will increase first.

1. New Carrolton

2. College Park

   • Especially College Park is expected to absorb many travelers both type who commute to Baltimore direction and the DC direction.

3. Silver Spring

4. Bethesda

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