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Washington Metro’s expanded Silver Line opens

By Rachel Schilke
Published November 15, 2022 7:57pm ET
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Washington Metro’s expanded Silver Line opens
From left, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority President and CEO Jack Potter, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser during the ribbon-cutting on Washington Dulles International Airport station platform at the opening of new Silver Line Extension at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Virginia., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.


After nearly eight years of construction, the first train on the Washington, D.C., Metro’s expanded Silver Line left the Ashburn station Tuesday afternoon.

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