Join us to ride the first Silver Line train
Photo by wfyurasko on Flickr.
The first Silver Line train taking passengers on the new tracks will leave at noon on Saturday, July 26. Let’s ride together!
We’ll be congregating at the new Wiehle-Reston East station leading up to the noon train. Since this spot is not Metro-accessible at that time (but will be after), we’ve set up this form to organize carpools as well as get a count of how many people to expect.
We’ll ride the train from Wiehle to East Falls Church together. Then you can keep going back to your part of the region, or turn around and head back to Wiehle. If you want to see the new Tysons Corner stations, part of the group will be getting off the train at each of those stations, then exploring the station until the next train arrives.
So mark your calendars and RSVP here!
Fairfax County is trying to determine what buses could take you from a Metro station to Wiehle that morning. The Fairfax Connector 505 bus currently runs from West Falls Church to Wiehle, but won’t anymore after the Silver Line opens, and Fairfax is switching the bus schedules at the start of the day. According to Nick Perfili of Fairfax County, officials are working on planning how to have some service to Wiehle that morning. We will post the information when it’s available.
Then, do a pub crawl!
Also, Payton Chung is organizing a Silver Line-based pub crawl beginning at 4 pm (with a clever Old West theme):
The long awaited RAIL-ROAD linking the NATION’S CAPITAL to the Province of FAIRFAX to its West has at long last been completed!
The “SILVER ROUTE” will see passenger trains leave LARGO through WASHINGTON to RESTON.
To celebrate this Most Momentous Occasion, a PUB CRAWL shall call upon the Most Esteemed Saloons located along the new “SILVER ROUTE.”
Gathering within the Prosperous Village of EAST FALLS CHURCH at 4 P.M. at Chasin’ Tails, 2200 Westmoreland St., overflowing next door into One More Page Books. Then, in a scant 12 Minutes, avoiding the Dangers of the Road, arriving at 6 P.M. at Clyde’s, 8332 Leesburg Pike, near GREENSBORO. After a Short Stroll through the “Walkable, Sustainable, Urban Center” of Fairfax, the Crawl will conclude at 8 P.M. at Wasabi Sushi, at the heart of the dazzling TYSONS CORNER Center.
Come One, Come All!
See you on the 26th!