Metrorail in Virginia

the 1959 Mass Transit Survey proposed a rapid rail system with one line in Virginia, extending to Huntington south of Alexandria
Source: Eno Center for Transportation, 1959 National Capital Region Mass Transportation Survey (Exhibit 4)

Vienna Metro, with cabs and cars and buses

North Garage at Vienna Metro

Walkway over I-66 from parking to Vienna Metro
(think it's rush hour... or even tourist season?)

platform at Vienna Metro looking east

Platform at Vienna Metro looking west

inside a Metrorail car

the 1959 Mass Transit Survey called for construction of new highways, as well as an express bus and rail system
Source: Eno Center for Transportation, 1959 National Capital Region Mass Transportation Survey (p.1)

Extending the Orange Line West of Vienna

Historic and Modern Railroads in Virginia

Metrorail and the Three Sisters Bridge

Rail (Metro) to Dulles Airport

Links

• George Mason University Center for History and New Media - Building the Washington Metro
• Northern Virginia Transportation Commission - Metro
  • Report of the Metro Funding Panel (January 6, 2005)
• WAMU - Metro Connection
• 28 Years of History - and a Looming Fiscal Crisis for Metro (March 26, 2004)
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("Metro")
• How is Metro Funded
• Joint Development (for private developers to develop WMATA-owned real property)
• Metro Facts

route of Orange Line in Arlington County on 1885 base map
Source: Alexandria County GIS, AC Maps