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Gold Start for Silver Line
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) General Manager and CEO Richard Sarles hosted DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx, Acting Undersecretary of Transportation for Policy Peter Rogoff, FTA Deputy Administrator Therese McMillan, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, several members of Congress, and hundreds of riders in a recent celebration to mark the opening of the first phase of the authority’s Silver Line—the largest expansion of its rail service in 20 years.
The 11.7-mile line connects the nation’s capital to Tysons Corner, an employment and shopping hub, as well as western Fairfax County, VA. When it’s complete, the 23-mile line will extend to Dulles International Airport and the far western Washington, DC, suburbs.
Dignitaries at the opening event also included Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Frank Wolf (R-VA), and Jim Moran (D-VA), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova, Washington, DC, Mayor Vincent Gray, the Metro Board of Directors, and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors, among others.
WMATA officials report that more than 220,000 riders traveled on the Silver Line in its first week of service, and they predict that the line will serve approximately 85,700 daily riders by 2030.
DOT is providing $900 million in FTA New Starts funding and $75 million in other DOT funds toward the $3.14 billion total project cost of the first phase of the extension. The remaining cost is being covered by state and local funding. DOT also approved a $1.875 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for the second phase of the extension to Loudoun County—the largest TIFIA loan in the program’s history.
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WMATA GM and CEO Richard Sarles welcomes more than 500 people to the opening celebration of the agency’s new Silver Line. Attending were, at left, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx, and other elected officials.
Photo courtesy of WMATA |
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