Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)

Press Releases

WMATA
WMATA and MWAA celebrate 1 million customers at Washington Dulles International Airport Silver Line Metrorail Station.
Total ridership passing through WMATA’s six new Silver Line stations is now more than three million.
Oct. 5, 2023
Stark has been on the project since 2014 and will retire as the project approaches substantial completion and eventual turnover to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority...
April 5, 2021
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
The second phase of the Silver Line Metrorail project is targeted to be turned over to WMATA by Labor Day weekend in September 2021.
MWAA’s turnover target date follows “progress on outstanding issues.”
March 8, 2021
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Silver Line Mwa Acredit
Work to connect the systems of the second phase of the Silver Line to the existing Metrorail system at Wiehle Avenue is scheduled to be completed in July.
June 23, 2020

Articles

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
A test train at the Washington Dulles International Airport station that was built as part of the Silver Line Extension. The extension has reached operational readiness with WMATA assuming control of the line on June 23.
WMATA and MWAA will continue to work on final testing along the line with an opening date to be determined by the WMATA Board of Directors.
June 24, 2022
MWAA
The 90-acre yard at Dulles International Airport is part of the Phase 2 extension of the Metrorail Silver Line in the Washington, D.C., region.
The 90-acre rail yard and maintenance facility at Dulles International Airport is a major part of the Phase 2 extension of the Metrorail Silver Line.
Dec. 2, 2021
Capital Rail Constructors
In this 2019 image, the still under construction Dulles International Airport station is seen. The second phase of the Metrorail Silver Line extension has reached substantial completion.
The 11.5-mile extension will provide a direct connection between Louden County, Va., and Dulles Airport.
Nov. 9, 2021