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Potomac Yard-VT Metro station opens in Alexandria
Will serve new Va. Tech Innovation Campus, boost region
In its heyday during World War II, Potomac Yard handled freight for six different railroads and employed 1,500 workers to keep trains moving, until it succumbed to economic pressures. On
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Potomac Yard Metro station opening May 19
Alexandria station will serve Va. Tech Innovation Campus
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Potomac Yard Metro station will open May 19, Alexandria’s mayor and Metro’s CEO announced Wednesday. Metro’s 98th station, it will be located near Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus and Amazon.com Inc.’s
Potomac Yard Metro station set to open in May 2023
Alexandria station was supposed to open in 2022
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After more than two decades of planning, Alexandria’s Potomac Yard Metro station has a finalized opening date — May 2023 — according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which
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Metro opens $3B Silver Line extension
After 8 years, rail line reaches Loudoun County
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As a cold rain fell around noon Tuesday, leaders from Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority cut the ribbon on the $3 billion second phase
Silver lining
Metro extension leads to development boom
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As the long-delayed phase two opening of Metro’s Silver Line extension is set for later this year in western Fairfax and Loudoun counties, a development boom is following on the
Metro bringing back first group of 7000-series trains
Trains have been off track since last October
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Wednesday that it will return eight 7000-series trains to service on Thursday, months after all 748 railcars were taken off track due to
Metro CEO, COO resign, effective immediately
Paul Wiedefeld, Joe Leader resign immediately
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Paul J. Wiedefeld, general manager and CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, is stepping aside, effective immediately instead of June 30, as he had planned, according to a
Metro announces next general manager, CEO
Clarke currently leads Austin, Texas' metro system
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s new general manager and CEO is Randy Clarke, the current president and CEO of Austin, Texas’ Capital Metro. The board of the authority, which runs
Metro releases 10-year strategic plan for development
Six NoVa stations have available acres for buildings
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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which runs Metrorail and Metrobus, released its first-ever strategic plan for joint development on Thursday, announcing an ambitious initiative to bring in 26,000 new
Metro delays create hassles for businesses, workers
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Metrorail delays played a factor in Danielle Romanetti’s decision at the beginning of the year to close fibre space, her Old Town Alexandria yarn and knitting supplies shop, an hour