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Silver Spring (WMATA station)

Silver Spring
MARC commuter rail station
WMATA Metro Logo.svg WMATA Red.svg rapid transit station
Silver Spring.jpg
The platform of Silver Spring station on June 23, 2010.
Location 8400 Colesville Road (Metro)
1170 Bonifant Street (MARC)
Silver Spring MD 20910
Coordinates 38°59′38″N 77°01′53″W / 38.993841°N 77.031321°W / 38.993841; -77.031321Coordinates: 38°59′38″N 77°01′53″W / 38.993841°N 77.031321°W / 38.993841; -77.031321
Owned by WMATA
Line(s)

Metro
WMATA Red.svg

MTA:
Platforms 1 island platform (Metro)
2 side platforms (MARC)
Tracks 4 (2 for each service)
Connections Bus transport Ride On: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28
Bus transport Metrobus: 70, 79, F4, J1, J2, J3, J4, Q1, Q2, Q4, S2, S4, S9, Y2, Y7, Y8, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8, Z11
Bus transport MTA Maryland Bus: 915, 929
Bus transport Shuttle-UM: 111
Bus transport Peter Pan Bus
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Parking 715 spaces (leased)
Bicycle facilities 26 racks, 30 lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code B08
History
Opened February 6, 1978; 40 years ago (February 6, 1978)
Traffic
Passengers (2016) 12,234 daily  Decrease 5.95% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station
Brunswick Line
Terminus
WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro
toward Shady Grove
Red Line
toward Glenmont
  Future services  
MTA Maryland
toward Bethesda
Purple Line

Metro
WMATA Red.svg

Silver Spring is a Washington Metro and MARC Train station in Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line. On the Washington Metro, Silver Spring is the first station in Maryland on the eastern end of the Red Line, and is the second-busiest Metro station in Maryland after Shady Grove.

The station serves the suburb of Silver Spring, and is located at Colesville Road (Maryland Route 384) and East-West Highway; trains from Grosvenor–Strathmore terminate here during peak travel times. Service began on February 6, 1978. Prior to the opening of Forest Glen on September 22, 1990, Silver Spring was the terminus for the eastern end of the Red Line.

Silver Spring is the last station on the Red Line heading outbound towards Glenmont to be at or above ground level. Just north of Silver Spring, the Red Line descends to a portal and transitions into a subway route. The Red Line remains underground for the remainder of its route as it continues out into the suburbs of Montgomery County under Georgia Avenue to the end of the line at Glenmont.

This station is planned to be one of the Metro stations on the Purple Line system, formerly known as the Bi-County Transitway.


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