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Dulles Corridor Metrorail project at Tysons Corner The first phase of the Silver Line — extending Metrorail service to Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County — is scheduled for completion in December. It will include five stations and 11 miles of new rail from East Falls Church to Wiehle Avenue.
March 13, 2013
Work on Metro’s Silver Line continues at the Wiehle Avenue station along the Dulles Airport Access Highway in Reston. The station will be the endpoint of the first phase of the Silver Line, which is scheduled to open at year’s end with five stations and 11 miles of new rail.
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March 13, 2013
Cars on the Dulles Airport Access Highway and Toll Road zoom beneath a Metro passenger walkway spanning the road at the Wiehle Avenue station in Reston.
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March 13, 2013
Jim Downing, left, of Boston and Luis Quiroga of Fairfax move a piece of mesh into place to be installed at the Wiehle Avenue Metro station.
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March 13, 2013
Construction work continues in Reston at the Wiehle Avenue station, which will cap the first phase of the new Silver Line. The line will eventually extend to Dulles International Airport.
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March 13, 2013
Tracks stretch in the direction of Dulles International Airport at the Wiehle Avenue Metro station in Reston.
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March 13, 2013
The Wiehle Avenue stop is under construction in Reston. When it opens for business by the end of the year, the Silver Line is expected to add 17,000 new riders to the Metro system on an average weekday.
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May 10, 2012
Central 7 Station is abuzz with activity as work continues on the Metro's Silver Line project in Tysons Corner.
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May 10, 2012
The first phase of the $6 billion Silver Line is under construction from Falls Church to Reston and is expected to be completed in 2013. The work shown here is at Tysons Corner.
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May 10, 2012
Brent Bennett, Central 7 Station superintendent, crosses the track as work continues on the Silver Line.
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May 10, 2012
Jose Bonilla climbs onto the track for the future Silver Line in Tysons Corner.
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May 10, 2012
A worker makes his way along the track that will be the Silver Line in Tysons Corner. Construction on the second part of the project, which will run to Dulles and farther into Loudoun County, is scheduled to start in the spring.
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The Washington Post
Sept. 29, 2011
Engineer Frank Jenkins, third from right, discusses the technique used to construct a tunnel under Tysons Corner as part of the Dulles rail project, which is intended to extend Metrorail service to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County.
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Sept. 28, 2011
Paul Ryan, a Dulles rail project manager, talks about progress on the first phase of the Metrorail extension, through Tysons Corner to Wiehle Avenue in Reston.
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Sept. 28, 2011
Paul Ryan, a Dulles rail manager, walks through a tunnel underway in Tysons Corner.
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Sept. 28, 2011
An inbound train runs along Metro's Orange Line. On both sides of the old tracks, rails are being placed for the extension of Metrorail service.
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The Washington Post
Sept. 28, 2011
A partially shown truss rented from Italy, at left, is needed to help construct the bridge span on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project.
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Sept. 28, 2011
This stretch of completed Dulles rail guideway runs between the Capital Beltway and one of the planned Tysons Corner stations.
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April 26, 2011
Construction progresses on the Dulles rail project at Route 7 and Route 123 during an earlier period in the extension of Metrorail service in Northern Virginia.
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Oct. 25, 2010
A group dressed in reflective gear and hard hats gather at the mouth of the outbound tunnel under construction for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project.
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Oct. 25, 2010
Sen. Mark R. Warner, left, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, both Virginia Democrats, listen to Senior Project Manager Larry Melton describe the progress.
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Oct. 25, 2010
Once completed, according to the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project's Web site, Tysons Corner will have four new stations: Tysons East, Tysons Central 123, Tysons Central 7 and Tysons West.
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Oct. 25, 2010
On left is the inbound tunnel that trains will use to head toward the District. On the right is the outbound tunnel that eventually will end at Dulles International Airport.
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Oct. 25, 2010
A concrete mixer enters the inbound tunnel where trains will one day head toward the District.
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