Construction is underway for Washington, D.C.’s train to the the Dulles International Airport. It is due to open in two phases. Trains will roll on the first phase to Reston, Va., in 2013; the second phase to Loudoun County, including Dulles, in 2016. In the October 2009 issue of Trains, we reported on the decades of planning and obstacles the project has encountered. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s 23-mile line is being built by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Here’s a map showing where the line will go and the stations that will be built. For all of the details, read Wes Vernon’s article in October 2009’s City Rail column.
