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Re: Rail to Tyson's

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From: Amy Rickard
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:00
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Article in Thursday's Washington Post on proposed plans by companies
to build a commuter bus line out to Dulles.  This would most likely
lead to a commuter rail line in the same corridor. -- Amy

http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-01/21/034l-012199-idx.html

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:20:48 -0500, Dan Nagle <dnagle@erols.com>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Two observations re the talk of building rail to Tyson's:
>
>1. It's light rail, not metro rail, so there's no possibility
>of _ever_ having direct trains between National and Dulles,
>or Dulles and downtown.
>
>2. One of the funding sources "identified" is the "surplus"
>from the Toll Road.  The bonds should be paid off rather
>than using the tolls for any project in the area.
>
>-- 
>
>Cheers!
>Dan Nagle		dnagle@erols.com
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From: aerick@mail.wm.edu (Amy Rickard)
Subject: Re: Rail to Tyson's
Date: 1999/01/23
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