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Silver Line: What will the new Metro stations be called and how will people get to them?

Elevated track over Capital Beltway EXIT 46 interchange
Fairfax Co. to recommend Metro station namesWTOP
Fairfax County is set to make recommendations for the Silver Line Metro stations within its borders. Going from West to East, the suggestions are Herndon-Dulles East (near Route 28), Herndon-Reston West (near Monroe Street), Reston Town Center (near Reston Parkway), Reston-Wiehle Avenue, Tysons-Spring Hill Road (Route 7 and Spring Hill Rd.), Tysons Central (near Routes 7 & 123), Tysons I&II (Route 123 near Tysons Blvd and the shopping malls) and Tysons-McLean (Route 123 near the Capital One headquarters). They are good enough I suppose since the days of un-hyphenated station names are in the past.

[flickr : Photos of Silver Line Metro construction in Tysons Corner/slideshow]

Future Tysons I & II station

Access to new Metro stations still a big questionThe Post
Another issue, how are people to access the Tysons stations? This should have been part of the plan from the beginning of course, but it was not for some reason. New sidewalks, bicycle routes and bus service are being examined. The stations will not have any permanent commuter parking becaue the idea is to turn Tysons into a more urban area with higher pedestrian traffic. It won’t happen right away because development around the stations will lag behind. The Silver Line may be a bit of a white elephant initially, but not for long.