Final Silver Line Timetable Has Rail on Track
Phase 1 of new rail line expected to be turned over for testing and training in August.
Metro's Silver Line Phase 1 is 86 percent complete and on schedule for delivery by the end of August, says Pat Nowakowski, Executive Director of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. Nowakowski gave an analysis at last week's Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority meeting. MWAA is not giving an exact date that Phase 1 of the Silver Line — which will run from Tysons Corner to Reston's Wiehle Avenue — will open, but is sticking with a general date of December 2013 for now, MWAA spokesman Rob Yingling said. Some of the highlights of Nowakowski's presentation: • Final Design – All design is complete. One permit needs to be secured. • Metro has paid out $2.255 billion so far. The final cost is expected to be $2,905,695,000. There is $81 …
Rob Whitfield
8:06 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Karen, somehow you omitted to mention that most Series 7000 railcars will not be delivered for Silver Line use until July 2014 at the earliest. WMATA will have four "test" cars for use during the first half of 2014 but wants to use them throughout the Metrorail system. Even though Metrorail riders are paying next to nothing of the $6 billion costs of the Silver Line, riders from the Dulles … more ›