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

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(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.

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[Historic NY]

1. Great for tourism too

Dulles is where National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is too

[kimbutgar]

2. I can't wait to take the train from Dulles into DC

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]

4. MAGA tourists were the worst

Dem tourists are always much better behaved

[IronLionZion]

3. $6 from Metro Center to Dulles is a sweet deal

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