Editing Washington Metro (section)

==== Projects under construction ====
The [[Purple Line (Maryland)|Purple Line]], a [[light rail]] system, operated by the [[Maryland Transit Administration]], is under construction as of 2025<ref>{{cite web |title=Updates & Detours |url=https://purplelinemd.com/updates/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Purple Line |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration}}</ref> and is scheduled to open in late 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sears |first=Bryan P. |date=2024-03-01 |title=Cost of Purple line increases yet again, completion pushed back |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2024/03/01/cost-of-purple-line-increases-yet-again-completion-pushed-back/ |website=Maryland Matters}}</ref> The project was originally envisioned as a circular heavy rail line connecting the outer stations on each branch of the Metrorail system, in a pattern roughly mirroring the [[Capital Beltway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sierraclub.org/dc/sprawl/purple-line/purple-line-connections.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102005514/http://www.sierraclub.org/dc/sprawl/purple-line/purple-line-connections.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2005 |title=Where Would the Purple Line Go? |publisher=Sierra Club |access-date=January 26, 2009}}</ref> The current project will run between the {{wmata|Bethesda}} and {{wmata|New Carrollton}} stations by way of {{wmata|Silver Spring}} and [[College Park–University of Maryland station|College Park]]. The Purple Line will connect both branches of the Red Line to the Green and Orange Lines, and will decrease the travel time between suburban Metro stations.<ref name="shaver">{{cite news |last=Shaver |first=Katherine |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Md. board approves $3.4 billion contract to complete Purple Line |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/01/26/purple-line-contract-maryland/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About the Project |url=http://purplelinemd.com/about-the-project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021075559/http://www.purplelinemd.com/about-the-project |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2008 |publisher=Maryland Transit Administration |access-date=June 22, 2011}}</ref>