Key Dates in the Dulles Rail Project
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1964 The Federal Aviation Administration's master plan for Dulles International Airport recommends a transit line along the airport access road.
1990 The Virginia transportation board adopts a program for the Dulles corridor that includes rail service.
1992 The General Assembly creates a state rail department to help bring rail to Dulles.
1994 Virginia and Metro officials initiate a "major investment study" to evaluate rail options for the corridor.
1996 The completed study says heavy rail, such as Metro, would be the best transit option to the airport.
1997 The project team, including state, local and Metro officials, publishes a report rejecting an underground route through Tysons Corner because of costs.
2000 A federal environmental review of the rail line begins.
2002 The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and Metro and state officials endorse a mostly aboveground route through Tysons.
2004 The Federal Transit Administration approves preliminary engineering for the first phase between Falls Church and Reston. Fairfax County begins collecting a tax from commercial landowners in the Herndon area to pay for the rail line. A final environmental review concludes that rail would have minor adverse impacts.
2005 The FTA publishes report for Congress, recommending the Dulles extension.
2005 Virginia imposes toll increases on the Dulles Toll Road to help finance the project.
March 2006 The state and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority sign an agreement transferring the project to the airports authority.
