On Monday, Metro announced that the new Silver Line segment would open to riders on November 15.
The route is extended to Washington Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County, Virginia.
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There will be six more stops: Reston Town Center, Herndon, Innovation Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Loudoun Gateway, and Ashburn.
Began Construction in 2009
The first section of the 23-mile project, which began construction in 2009, opened to the public in 2014.
Metro employees will meet riders at the new stations and present them with commemorative pennants, continuing a practise that dates back to the 1976 opening of the agency’s first station.
Customers will be able to get their bags at the Dulles station and then take a short underground tunnel walk (less than five minutes) to reach the Metrorail platform.
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In a joint statement, General Manager Randy Clarke expressed gratitude to the many entities that had helped bring Metro to this point.
There was the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, the Federal Transit Administration, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties.
