Future
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) announced on Jan. 18, 2008 that it and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDPRT) had begun work on a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the I-66 corridor in Fairfax and Prince William counties. According to VDOT the EIS, officially named the I-66 Multimodal Transportation and Environment Study, would focus on improving mobility along I-66 from the Capital Beltway (I-495) interchange in Fairfax County to the interchange with U.S. Route 15 in Prince William County. The EIS also allegedly includes a four station extension of the Orange Line past Vienna. The extension would continue to run in the I-66 median and would have stations at Chain Bridge Road, Fair Oaks, Stringfellow Road and Centreville near Virginia Route 28 and U.S. Route 29.
The Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project is building a 24-mile (39 km) system extension west from East Falls Church, linking Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County to the system. Other than the new service into Virginia, the Silver Line will operate on the same tracks and serve the same stations as the Orange Line from East Falls Church to Stadium Armory then the Blue Line towards Largo Town Center joins on the same track five stations after the joining of the future Silver Line and the Orange Line at Rosslyn. The Silver Line will terminate at Stadium–Armory, while the Orange line will continue to New Carrollton. Service has been interrupted at stations west of Ballston on designated weekends to accommodate the construction of the interconnection of the Silver Line with the existing Orange Line tracks.
As a part of the Silver Line project, the train yard adjacent to the West Falls Church station on the Orange Line is being expanded, over the objections of local residents. During 2011, older tracks along the Orange Line will be rehabilitated on the weekends.
Read more about this topic: Orange Line (WMATA)
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