Silver Spring (WMATA station)

Silver Spring
MARC commuter rail station rapid transit station
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 MTA:   Brunswick Line
Platforms	1 island platform (Metro) 2 side platforms (MARC)
Tracks	4 (2 for each service)
Connections	Ride On: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28 Metrobus: 70, 79, F4, J1, J2, J3, J4, Q1, Q2, Q4, S2, S4, S9, Y2, Y7, Y8, Z2, Z6, Z7, Z8, Z11 MTA Maryland Bus: 915, 929 Shuttle-UM: 111 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   5.95% (Metro)
Services
Preceding station   MARC   Following station Kensington toward Martinsburg or Frederick Brunswick Line Union Station Terminus Washington Metro Takoma toward Shady Grove Red Line Forest Glen toward Glenmont   Future services   MTA Maryland Woodside toward Bethesda Purple Line Silver Spring Library toward New Carrollton

Metro

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.