Dulles Corridor Metrorail project at Tysons Corner

The first phase of the Dulles rail project — extending Metrorail service to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County — is scheduled for completion in December 2013. An important part of the project is underway in the Tysons Corner area. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) are among those who have visited Tysons Corner recently to check on the progress.

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May 10, 2012

Central 7 Station is abuzz with activity as work continues on the Metro's Silver Line project in Tysons Corner.

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May 10, 2012

The first phase of the $6 billion Silver Line is under construction from Falls Church to Reston and is expected to be completed in 2013. The work shown here is at Tysons Corner.

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May 10, 2012

Brent Bennett, Central 7 Station superintendent, crosses the track as work continues on the Silver Line.

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May 10, 2012

Jose Bonilla climbs onto the track for the future Silver Line in Tysons Corner.

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May 10, 2012

A worker makes his way along the track that will be the Silver Line in Tysons Corner. Construction on the second part of the project, which will run to Dulles and farther into Loudoun County, is scheduled to start in the spring.

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Sept. 29, 2011

Engineer Frank Jenkins, third from right, discusses the technique used to construct a tunnel under Tysons Corner as part of the Dulles rail project, which is intended to extend Metrorail service to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County.

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Sept. 28, 2011

Paul Ryan, a Dulles rail project manager, talks about progress on the first phase of the Metrorail extension, through Tysons Corner to Wiehle Avenue in Reston.

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Sept. 28, 2011

Paul Ryan, a Dulles rail manager, walks through a tunnel underway in Tysons Corner.

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Sept. 28, 2011

An inbound train runs along Metro's Orange Line. On either side of the old tracks, rails are being placed for the extension of Metrorail service.

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Sept. 28, 2011

A partially shown truss rented from Italy, at left, is needed to help construct the bridge span on the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project.

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Sept. 28, 2011

This stretch of completed Dulles rail guideway runs between the Capital Beltway and one of the planned Tysons Corner stations.

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April 26, 2011

Construction progresses on the Dulles rail project at Route 7 and Route 123 during an earlier period in the extension of Metrorail service in Northern Virginia.

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Oct. 25, 2010

A group dressed in reflective gear and hard hats gather at the mouth of the outbound tunnel under construction for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project.

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Oct. 25, 2010

Sen. Mark R. Warner, left, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, both Virginia Democrats, listen to Senior Project Manager Larry Melton describe the progress.

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Oct. 25, 2010

Once completed, according to the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project's Web site, Tysons Corner will have four new stations: Tysons East, Tysons Central 123, Tysons Central 7 and Tysons West.

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Oct. 25, 2010

On left is the inbound tunnel that trains will use to head toward the District. On the right is the outbound tunnel that eventually will end at Dulles International Airport.

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Oct. 25, 2010

A concrete mixer enters the inbound tunnel where trains will one day head toward the District.

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