New Silver Line Stations Named, Four in Tysons Corner

Those subway stations that we can see but not get to yet, now at least have names.

Today, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recommended names for the four Silver Line stations in Tysons and the four that are located down the median of the Dulles Access Road. The new names are not a lot different from the old working names.

The eight Metrorail stations that are part of the Dulles Metrorail Project. The names, which must be approved by the Washington Metro Transit Authority board of directors, are as follows:

• Tysons-McLean, the station at Dolley Madison Blvd and Anderson Road.
• Tysons I & II, the two stations closest to the shopping mall. 

The Silver Line then turns and runs down the middle of Route 7.

• Tysons Central, about Route 7 and Gosnell Road.
• Tysons-Spring Hill Rd, Route 7 and Spring Hill Road.

The new subway line then goes west in the middle of the Dulles Access Road.

• Reston-Wiehle Ave
• Reston Town Center
• Herndon-Reston West
• Herndon-Dulles East

Each proposed station name connotes a community: Tysons, Reston, Herndon, or McLean. Some include street names while others include the name of shopping malls and a town center.

The 23-mile transit line will run from Tysons to Dulles International Airport to the rest of the region, and the project comprises a total of 11 Metrorail stations, eight of which are located in Fairfax County.

The four stations in Tysons are scheduled to be operational in mid-2013. None has any parking.