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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Nov 15, 2022, 02:53 PM Nov 2022

Metro Service to DC's Dulles Airport Finally Arrives, 60 Years in the Making

(Bloomberg) -- Sixty years after Dulles International Airport opened, air travelers in Washington, DC, will be able to do something that residents of scores of other global cities take for granted: Take a train to their plane.

A long-planned 11.5 mile extension of the US capital’s Metrorail system is set to begin serving the airport this week. The second phase of the Silver Line adds six new stations throughout Northern Virginia and marks the culmination of a $3 billion effort to bring rail service to Dulles, whose Eero Saarinen-designed main terminal opened in 1962.

For DC residents like Will Redmond, the new line will be welcome. “I always fly out of National [Airport], because I want to be able to take the Metro to the airport, so this does open up more options for me,” said Redmond, 29, referring to the capital’s smaller air hub.

The Silver Line’s debut, just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday travel season, comes as the Biden Administration seeks to fulfill its pledges to bring US rail transportation infrastructure closer to international standards. But the decades-long effort to connect the capital’s largest airport to its Metro network is also something of a cautionary tale in transit planning.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/metro-service-to-dc-s-dulles-airport-finally-arrives-60-years-in-the-making/ar-AA148UIT

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Metro Service to DC's Dulles Airport Finally Arrives, 60 Years in the Making (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
Great for tourism too Historic NY Nov 2022 #1
I can't wait to take the train from Dulles into DC kimbutgar Nov 2022 #2
MAGA tourists were the worst IronLionZion Nov 2022 #4
$6 from Metro Center to Dulles is a sweet deal IronLionZion Nov 2022 #3

kimbutgar

(23,280 posts)
2. I can't wait to take the train from Dulles into DC
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:07 PM
Nov 2022

Always had to rent cars paid exorbitant parking fees at hotels now I don’t have to. Thinking about planning a trip to DC now. I refused to go during the TFG days now that that evil is gone from DC I’m making the trip next year!

IronLionZion

(46,976 posts)
3. $6 from Metro Center to Dulles is a sweet deal
Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:11 PM
Nov 2022

Since many flights are cheaper out of Dulles than DCA. Way cheaper than taxi/rideshare or parking

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