The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will reopen four Red Line stations to customers on September 1. The reopening of the Glenmont, Wheaton, Forest Glen and Silver Spring stations marks the end of the Red Line renovations that were completed while the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) was building part of a new Purple Line mezzanine in Silver Spring.

Work on the Purple Line mezzanine continues on the Silver Spring platform. About a third of the platform is covered in scaffolding, but the WMATA station remains open to customers. Over the summer, Purple Line crews built columns that will support the walkway from the Purple Line station across the tracks to the WMATA Red Line platform.

Silver Spring will continue to be an active construction site for the Purple Line and the scaffolding will remain in place until 2027.

Other work included replacing automatic train control systems, installing traction power cables, replacing sewage pumping stations, replacing the tunnel standpipe, and maintaining elevators and escalators.

The agency also rebuilt a switch area between Fort Totten and Takoma before reopening that section of track in late June. Construction crews were able to bridge the eight months of weekend closures and outages into the summer construction period.

Later this year, WMATA will install new digital passenger information displays on platforms and digital screens at station entrances at all five stations. Supply chain issues delayed installation during construction.

In the summer of 2026, the Medical Center and Bethesda stations will close to connect the Purple Line to the Bethesda Metrorail station. The MTA’s Purple Line is currently scheduled to begin service in December 2027.