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Silver Spring Station (Washington Metro)
Silver Spring is a Washington Metro and MARC Train station in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland on the Red Line (Washington Metro), Red Line and Brunswick Line. On the Metro, Silver Spring is the first station in Maryland of the eastern end of the Red Line, and is the second-busiest Metro station in Maryland after . North of this station, it goes underground as it heads towards the underground terminus of . Silver Spring serves the suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring, and is located east of the intersection between Colesville Road (Maryland Route 384, Route 384) and East-West Highway (Maryland Route 410, Route 410). In addition to rail service, several Metrobus (Washington, D.C.), Metrobus and Ride On (bus), Ride On bus routes also serve the station at the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center, formerly known as the Silver Spring Transit Center. Silver Spring will be a stop for the Purple Line (Maryland), Purple Line light rail system, which is cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, in practice it is an edge city, with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf. Downtown, next to the northern tip of Washington, D.C., is the oldest and most urbanized part of the community, surrounded by several inner suburban residential neighborhoods inside the Capital Beltway. Many mixed-use developments combining retail, residential, and office space have been built since 2004. Silver Spring takes its name from a mica-flecked spring discovered there in 1840 by Francis Preston Blair, who subsequently bought much of the surrounding land. Acorn Park, south of downtown, is believed to be the site of the original spring. Geography As an unincorporated CDP, Silver Spring's boundaries are not consistently de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
