SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — At a ceremony Thursday afternoon in Silver Spring, Maryland, Governor Wes Moore and other elected officials pounded in the last of 16 miles of rails for the future Maryland Purple Line.
However, the light rail line – which will travel between Bethesda and New Carrollton – is not expected to open until late next year.
Thursday’s event was held off 16th Street at what will be the future 16th Street-Woodside station, one of 21 stations that will be located along the Purple Line, which will be a light rail system in which trains will be powered by overhead electrical wires…