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WTOP radio 11/25/18:
 

How long until I can take the Silver Line to Dulles?

 

 

WASHINGTON — Two Thanksgivings from now, people flying in and out of Dulles International Airport could be taking the train there and back.

 

Construction on the Silver Line extension could wrap up as soon as fall 2019 or winter 2020, which would allow for Metro testing, commissioning and training before it takes ownership of the tracks from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and opens the extension for service.

 

Right now, Metro projects that opening is unlikely to happen before the summer of 2020.

 

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[CNJRoss]

WTOP radio 2/5/19:
 

First on WTOP: First test cars to roll on Silver Line Phase 2 overnight

 

 

WASHINGTON — For the first time, trains will run on the newest Silver Line tracks overnight, including through Dulles International Airport.

 

The first trains on Phase 2 tracks that will be used by riders when the line opens in 2020 will roll around 1 a.m. Wednesday as part of initial tests that mark a major milestone, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority told WTOP.

 

To start, there will be two pairs of cars running from the future Innovation Center Station through the Dulles International Airport station to the end of the elevated tracks west of the airport. The Innovation Center Station is just across Route 28 from the airport.

 

SNIP

 

The cars will be pushed there and back by a small diesel locomotive, since a primary purpose of these first rail car movements is to “polish” the third rail before it is electrified.  .  .  .

 

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