Maryland planners are taking another look at designs for the proposed Purple Line rail yard in Lyttonsville after residents voiced concerns that the light rail facility would uproot businesses and disrupt their small neighborhood just west of downtown Silver Spring. The facility will be one of two rail yards and maintenance facilities for the Purple Line, the 16-mile light rail planned to connect New Carrollton to Bethesda. The other will be in Glenridge, near New Carrollton, said Purple Line Project Manager Mike Madden.

The Lyttonsville Purple Line site will include a two-level parking garage, maintenance and storage facility, rail yard and train station, Madden said. Not including the train station, it will be approximately 7 to 7.5 acres.