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  • Contractor and Supplier Opportunities

    If your company is interested in submitting a proposal/pricing to Purple Line Transit Partners, please complete the notice of interest form.

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    Contractor and Supplier Opportunities
  • 10 Facts About the Proposed Maryland Purple Line Deal

    We’re guessing you don’t want to wade through thousands of pages to get the details of Maryland’s proposed $5.6-billion contract with the team of private companies that wants to build and operate the Purple Line.

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    10 Facts About the Proposed Maryland Purple Line Deal
  • Maryland chooses private team to build, operate light-rail Purple Line

    Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced Wednesday that the state has chosen a team of private companies to build, operate and maintain a light-rail Purple Line in the Washington suburbs for $3.3 billion over 36 years.

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    Maryland chooses private team to build, operate light-rail Purple Line
  • Maryland’s Purple Line Project receives FTA award for excellence

    The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) received the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award of Excellence in Environmental Document Preparation for the Purple Line’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).

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    Maryland’s Purple Line Project receives FTA award for excellence
  • Kay Guest Speaker at PG Chamber

    Henry Kay, Transit Development and Delivery Executive Director, Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), Department of Transportation (MDOT), State of Maryland, will be the guest speaker at the Prince George’s County Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. at the Chamber’s offices located at 4640 Forbes Blvd., Suite 130, Lanham, […]

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    Kay Guest Speaker at PG Chamber
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Proposed Route Detail

Proposed Route Detail

The Purple Line will connect the major central business districts of New Carrolton, College Park, Takoma/Langley Park, Silver Spring, and Bethesda; and provide direct connections to Metrorail at New Carrollton, College Park, Silver Spring and Bethesda; linking the two branches of the Red, Green, and Orange lines.
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Our Story

Our Story

The Purple Rail Alliance is a broad based, nonpartisan group working to ensure the prompt construction of the Purple Line light rail.  We strive to educate members of the business community and the general public about the economic, employment, environmental and other quality of life benefits of the Purple Line.
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The Purple Rail Alliance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization