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	Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project
		The Dulles Corridor Metrorail is Closer than Ever
		Starting with utility relocation along the route, the Dulles Corridor Metrorail is on its way!
		When completed, the new line will go from the East Falls Church station on the Orange Line, through Tysons Corner and Reston, to Dulles International Airport and into Loudoun County.
	www.dullesmetro.com (136 words)

	Metrorail Map
		The Washington, DC Metrorail system has an elevated Metrorail station connected to the concourse level of terminals B and C at Reagan National Airport.
		Metrorail fare cards may be purchased at machines locates at all entrances to the Airport Metrorail station.
		At the stops for Parking Garages B and C (bus shelter #3 and bus shelter #5) you may access an enclosed bridge which connects to the Metrorail station.
	www.metwashairports.com /reagan/parking_transportation_4/directions_maps_reagan/metrorail_map (306 words)

	Metrorail
		I could spread out my day's newspapers and magazines, and although bureaucrats had decreed that no edibles should be consumed or liquids imbibed on their shiny trains, there was seldom anyone to notice if I had breakfast or an afternoon repast, a cup of coffee or even a bottled cocktail.
		When Metrorail was proposed by "visionary" and "enlightened" politicians and train buffs in the 1970s, it was supposed to cost $100 million.
		Metrorail barely survived that referendum, getting 50.54 percent of the vote - and then the politicians slapped their foreheads and said, " Oh, we forgot about those cost overruns." Ultimately, the county manager conceded he had known about the out-of-control costs all along, but had fibbed - for the public good, of course.
	www.hotpolitics.com /atrain1.htm (1321 words)

	Homes, offices, retail expected to boost Metrorail ridership (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Land next to Metrorail lines is owned by the county, which agreed in 1998 to lease property next to most stations to private developers, said Miami-Dade Transit project manager Robin Statfeld.
		Metrorail runs from Northwest 79th Street and Northwest 72nd Avenue through downtown Miami to Southwest 88th Street and the Palmetto Expressway.
		NA 220-unit residential development and parking for Metrorail commuters on 6 acres at Northwest 79th Street and 32nd Avenue, next to the Northside station.
	www.miamitodaynews.com /news/040101/story1.shtml (1051 words)

	Partnership with private developers could pave way for Metrorail's growth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Currently, of Metrorail's 21 stations from Kendall to Hialeah, 16 are in the process of being developed or are already home to office buildings, rental apartments and mixed-use projects resulting from joint-development agreements between the county and developers, said Alberto Parjus, chief of management services with the county's Office of Public Transportation Management.
		Parjus' office is working to lease some of the undeveloped Metrorail stations to developers, Miami-Dade commissioners on April 8 are to discuss a lease with Miami Metro Action Plan Trust, a not-for-profit community development agency with ties to the county.
		Plans to develop Brownsville Metrorail station were put on hold for at least two years after a possible deal with the American Red Cross crumbled a few weeks ago, said Frank Talleda, manager of joint development leasing with the Office of Public Transportation Management.
	www.miamitodaynews.com /news/030403/story1.shtml (1293 words)

	METRORail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		METRORail is the light rail service in Houston, Texas, United States that started on January 1, 2004.
		With a daily ridership of 37,800, the METRORail system is the eleventh most-ridden light rail system in the United States [1].
		METRORail is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO for short.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/METRORail (1092 words)

	Metrorail...the thread - SkyscraperCity (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Metrorail was built above ground because it didn't go through any areas that were sufficiently dense and expensive to merit the cost of tunneling.
		Running Metrorail as a real subway might cost $2 billion or more, but at least THEN we'd have a real solution that would be fast and convenient enough for even locals to use.
		The Metrorail North Corridor extension took a bureaucratic leap forward Tuesday when federal officials gave the $914.7 million project a positive rating for the first time since Miami-Dade voters passed a half-cent sales tax in 2002 to help pay for it.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=272144 (2928 words)

	MetroRail's crash rate 25 times U.S. average \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The collision rate for MetroRail trains during the first quarter of this year is about 25 times the national average for light rail systems, according to data from the Federal Transit Administration.
		MetroRail's crash total reached 36 on Wednesday after a driver in a Pontiac Grand Am turned into a train shortly before 5 p.m.
		With 26 collisions in the first quarter of 2004, MetroRail is on pace for 104 wrecks in its first year, which would represent a crash rate of 13.87 per route mile.
	www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/special/04/lightrail/2522354.html (640 words)

	WMATA, Metrorail Restroom Station Customer Access Position Paper
		For many years Metrorail station managers often told riders that there were no station restrooms or that they were for employees only.
		In your upcoming role as Chair of the Metrorail Operations Board, I trust you are becoming well educated to the many health conditions such as benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH), prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, paraplegia, irritable bowel syndrome, spinabifida and urinary tract infections, to name just a few, that demand ready access to a bathroom.
		Metrorail restrooms have been locked since 1976, which makes it difficult to determine which stations restroom are being access controlled as a response to 9/11.
	americanrestroom.org /metrorail/index.htm (7127 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Save the Bay: Growth, Metrorail and the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area
		In the past decade, the amount of new office and retail space built within walking distance of a Metrorail line declined from 40% between 1980 and 1990 to 20 percent between 1990 and 2000.
		Since the Ballston Metrorail station in Arlington County, Virginia, opened in 1979, over 12 million square feet of new office space was constructed, coexisting with surrounding moderate-density residential neighborhoods.
		By 2025, WMATA transit ridership is projected to increase by 36% to 786,000 work trips a day, but due to severe shortfalls in funding to maintain adequate levels of service, the Council of Governments estimates that 104,000 of these daily trips will be diverted from transit to highways, causing greater traffic congestion and air pollution.
	www.cbf.org /site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_metrorail (523 words)

	Metrorail Track and Structures in Washington, D.C.
		Furthermore, even if there were, the Metrorail system is definitely not adventure-friendly for the average trespasser.
		Even before 9/11, Metro Transit Police had a zero tolerance policy because of the number of suicides in the system and are very observant of people walking on or near the tracks or in restricted areas.
		When Dulles Airport was built in the 1960s, the metrorail system was still in the planning stages.
	www.clouse.org /metro.html (1799 words)

	AGA's Third Annual National Leadership Conference: Hotel and Travel Info: Metrorail
		The nation's capital is one of the easiest cities to navigate and a terrific city for touring.
		The Metrorail (subway) and Metrobus system is one of the safest, cleanest and efficient public transportation systems in the country.
		Each Metrorail station entrance is marked by brown column capped with the letter “M.” Colored stripes indicate which lines are available.
	www.agacgfm.org /nlc_2005/travelinfo/metrorail.aspx (243 words)

	Miami Metrorail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Miami-Dade County Transit operates Metrorail, a standard modern "heavy-rail" rapid transit line which runs mostly on elevated tracks.
		A Metrorail extension northward along 27th Avenue to the county line is now in the engineering design stage.
		Metrorail trains use the upper level, Metromover cars use the lower level.
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Miami/Metrorail (546 words)

	business.iafrica.com \| business news Unions vow to continue Metrorail strike
		Metrorail is offering its workers a 5.5 percent wage increase.
		We are hoping that Metrorail management will come to their senses and agree to meet with the trade unions to resolve the impasse," Venter said.
		The Johannesburg Labour Court on Monday denied Metrorail an interdict to stop its workers from striking.
	business.iafrica.com /news/447651.htm (313 words)

	Houston's MetroRail Alleviates Congestion as Riders Fill LRT Trains
		Houston's brand-new MetroRail light rail transit (LRT) line is yet another new urban rail startup that is on track to fulfill expectations in terms of both mobility and urban development.
		While MetroRail trains have the assumed capacity to move 2,000 to 2,400 passengers per hour in each direction, Arndt explained that this is based on an assumed maximum capacity of 200 passengers per railcar.
		While Arndt stated that MetroRail trains were carrying upwards of 200-250 passengers per car, even assuming a lower average of 150 per car, 9-minute headways of 2-car trains calculates to an average of about 2,000 persons per hour per direction.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_hou007.htm (1675 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Metrorail denies train chaos
		Reports of chaos at train stations around South Africa were exaggerated, Metrorail said on Tuesday as a wage strike against the rail operator entered its second day.
		Metrorail spokesperson Thandi Mlangeni said reports of chaos at stations in the Cape Peninsula and Soweto were an exaggeration.
		She said Tshwane was running at 57 percent, Cape Town was at 22 percent, up from two percent at 5am.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/866300.htm (274 words)

	Miami-Dade Transit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Metrorail fare gates accept tokens, Susan B. Anthony or Sacajawea dollar coins, quarters, dimes, nickels, bus-to-rail transfers, and monthly passes, the Patriot Passport, and the Golden Passport.
		Metrorail runs from the northwest in Medley through Hialeah, into the city of Miami, the downtown area, through Coral Gables and South Miami, and ending in southwest Miami-Dade at Dadeland Mall.
		Metrorail Station, along NW 27th Avenue to NW 215th Street (Miami-Dade/Broward County line); with proposed stations at Northside Shopping Center, MDC-North Campus, City of Opa-locka, Palmetto Expressway, Carol City Shopping Center, Dolphin Stadium and the Florida Turnpike.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miami-Dade_Transit (1897 words)

	TheCapitol.Net > Visiting Washington, DC > How to Use the Subway (the Metro / Metrorail) in Washington, DC
		How to Use the Subway (Metrorail or "The Metro") in Washington, DC The subway in Washington, DC, is a convenient, clean and easy-to-use way to get around Washington.
		The column identifies the station by name, and the color stripes at the top show which Metrorail lines serve that station.
		If you're transferring from Metrorail to Metrobus in the District of Columbia or Virginia, get a rail transfer at the station where you enter and give it to the Metrobus operator when you first board to receive a discount on your bus fare.
	www.thecapitol.net /VisitingDC/metrorail.htm (970 words)

	Washington DC Metrorail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Metrorail consists of five lines (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue), extends into the surrounding areas of Maryland and Virginia, and is 106.1 miles in length.
		As befits the nation's capital, the underground Metrorail stations have a monumental appearance.
		They all share the same basic design concept: a large barrel-shaped vault, with a concrete liner that looks as if it were produced with a waffle iron.
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/Washington/Metro (922 words)

	Interstate 66 and Metrorail Vienna Route
		The Metrorail Vienna Route is the east-west rapid rail transit line that runs 11.7 miles (18.9 km) from just south of the Rosslyn Station in Arlington, Virginia to the Vienna Station near Vienna, Virginia.
		That was the "Multi-Modal/New Facility Option" with Interstate 66 being completed, and the Metrorail line occupying the median for 9.0 miles (14.5 km) from west of Glebe Road to west of VA-243 Nutley Road.
		The WMATA Metrorail planning in the 1960s identified this corridor as a location for one of its rapid rail transit lines, the Vienna (K) Route.
	www.roadstothefuture.com /Int66_MetroViennaRte.html (7148 words)

	Dulles Metrorail - About Dulles Metrorail
		Construction is expected to begin in early 2007, the Metrorail extension will connect Northern Virginia to the rest of the region, permanently linking our business and residential centers.
		The Dulles Metrorail extension is about more than just getting from point A to point B; it is about creating more options on where we live, work and play without having to sit in traffic.
		The Dulles Metrorail is a new 23-mile Metrorail line, extending service from the existing Orange Line at the East Falls Church station in Fairfax County, Virginia, to Route 772/Ryan Road in Loudoun County, Virginia.
	www.dullesmetro.com /about (188 words)

	Miami-Dade County - Transit
		Miami-Dade County's 22-mile, elevated rapid transit system runs from Kendall through South Miami, Coral Gables, and downtown Miami; to the Civic Center/Jackson Memorial Hospital area; and to Brownsville, Liberty City, Hialeah, and Medley in northwest Miami-Dade, with connections to Broward and Palm Beach counties at the Tri-Rail/Metrorail transfer station.
		The 22 accessible Metrorail stations are about one-mile apart, providing easy access for bus riders, pedestrians, and passengers dropped off and picked up.
		Parking is available at 19 Metrorail stations, including the new Palmetto Station.
	www.miamidade.gov /transit/metrorail.asp (250 words)

	Metro - Metrorail accessibility
		For customers with disabilities, Metrorail offers an ideal way to travel throughout the Washington, DC area.
		Metrorail stations are easily identifiable from street level - simply look for the familiar pylons with station names and rail line colors.
		For those customers with disabilities who drive to a Metrorail station, priority parking is available for customers with DMV permits or license plates.
	www.wmata.com /accessibility/metrorail.cfm (404 words)

	Metro Services - Department of Transportation - Fairfax County, Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You may catch Metrobus at any Metrorail station or at any of the Metrobus bus stop signs along the route.
		There are Metrorail stations in or near Fairfax County on the Orange, Blue and Yellow lines.
		All Metrorail stations in Fairfax County are served by Metrobus, most are also served by Fairfax Connector.
	www.fairfaxcounty.gov /fcdot/metrorail.htm (422 words)

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