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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Wiehle Avenue Metro Station Rising From the Ground

Cool pic of Wiehle Station.jpg

Please to be enjoying this photo of the Wiehle Avenue Metro station posted by our BFFs at the Dulles Corridor Metro Project. In the spirit of the holidays, we won't ask where the rad 80s art is going to go, or point out that Virginia is still hedging its bets on funding Phase 2 of the Silver Line, or that the townfolk just to our west are still all up in arms about the idea that their own station might bring development that would impact the quality of life there. Instead, we'll just say that the station is shaping up to look a lot nicer than the blocky brown boxes that characterize many of Metro's other above-ground stations, which is kind of funny, since, you know, Reston and blocky brown buildings, the end.

Posted by Restonian at 9:25 AM

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8 comments:

  1. Reston 2020December 21, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    In addition to VA hedging its bets, the briefing on BRT from Loudoun County at yesterday's DCAC meeting (you don't care what "DCAC" means, but its the Fairfax, Loudoun, MWAA, & VA bosses)suggests Loudoun may kiss Metro goodbye as well (taking away its $268MM contribution).

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  2. AnonymousDecember 21, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    Loudoun is probably holding out for Metro to commit to a "horse" car on every train.

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  3. South Lakes DivaDecember 21, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    It looks like the "bird nest" stadium in Beijing.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 21, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    WMAA officials have repeatedly said they don't want the Silver Line railhead on airport property.

    So if the Repulicans on the Loudoun BOS pulls out, as expected, will WMAA relent and let the turn-around yard be on Dulles ground or will the line end at Weihle.

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  5. The ConvictDecember 21, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    It looks like the "sarcophagus" at Chernobyl.

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  6. AnonymousDecember 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Honestly, Chuck, I wouldn't mind at all if Wiehle was the End-of-the-Line. It would save the taxpayers a ton of money and it would mean that I would have a guaranteed seat in the mornings.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 23, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Isn't the whole point of WMAA's involvement - to take Metro to Dulles? Metro to Wiehle doesn't help airport business.

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  8. The ConvictDecember 23, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    Sure it does. It means that the Metro to Dulles shuttle will only be $10, instead of the $17 that they charge from WFC. That extra $7 should just about cover your extra TSA charges on your ticket.

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