Pictured above, December 2012 station construction along the Toll Road (267) in Reston. Click here to see Reston Station construction photos from April 2013.

Metro Silver Line Overview
Wiehle Avenue Mixed-Use Project
News, Updates and Photo Galleries

Metro Silver Line Overview

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is constructing a 23-mile extension of the Metrorail system, which will be operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from East Falls Church to Washington Dulles International Airport. The extension will serve the Reston-Herndon area, the state's second largest employment concentration. It will provide a one-seat ride from Dulles International Airport to downtown Washington.

The project includes 11 stations. It will be built in two phases. Phase 1 will run from East Falls Church to Wiehle Avenue on the eastern edge of Reston and will be completed in 2013. Phase 2 will run from Wiehle Avenue into eastern Loudoun County.

Wiehle Avenue Mixed-Use Project

Reston Station represents the beginning transformation of the Dulles Corridor into a transit-oriented, mixed-use, urban employment center. Being developed above and around the Reston Station Metro Facility, the core of Reston Station will integrate more than 1.3 million square feet of mixed-use development consisting of office buildings, restaurants, shops, a full-service hotel, and up to 900 residences.

The Reston Station Metro Facility is being constructed substantially underground through a public-private partnership of Comstock Partners and Fairfax County and will include a commuter park-and-ride facility, a transit bus depot, 2,300 commuter parking spaces and several hundred retail parking spaces.

The Reston Station Plaza, located above the Reston Station Metro Facility and adjacent to the Silver Line Metro Station, will form the core of the greater Reston Station area, and will include dedicated civic spaces. Design work is underway for the buildings planned to begin arriving at Reston Station shortly after the scheduled 2013 opening of the Reston Station Metro Facility.

News and Updates

• Jan 15, 2013: Phase 1 is 87 percent complete.

• Dec. 7, 2012: The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority releases fall 2012 photographs.

• Dec. 5, 2012: Look inside the Metro parking garage in this video – Reston Today video.

• Aug. 14, 2012: Transportation secretary calls Silver Line a model for success. Washington Business Journal.

• July 3, 2012: Loudoun County Aprroves Phase II – Washington Post

• Nov. 14, 2011: Video update on Reston Station construction.

• Sept. 19, 2011: Aerial Photos of the Construction Site - Reston Station Facebook.

• Sept. 6, 2011: The Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority is asking the public take an online survey about revising the Metrorail map. The survey includes questions about whether to rename the Silver Line, which is currently being constructed along the Dulles Corridor. Click here to take the survey.

• Aug. 10, 2011: Video of Construction Site - Reston Today (YouTube video).

• July 27, 2011: County Passes Resolution On Phase 2 of Silver Line – Patch.com

• July 19, 2011: Letter from RA to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
  

• July 3, 2012: Loudoun County Aprroves Phase II – Washington Post.

The Building of Metro
June-Sept. 2011 photos (click images to enlarge)

January 2012 photos (click images to enlarge)

Click here for April 2013 photos on the RA Facebook page.