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The Silver Line’s North Korea connection


Herndon or Pyongyang?

Surely when Fairfax County set about planning the Silver Line they did not intend to mimic North Korea, but it turns out there is a similarity. It has to do with Fairfax’s future Innovation Center Metro station.

Pyongyang, capital city of North Korea, has a Metro system too. In fact, like many communist-built subways, it’s quite a beautiful one. And it has an Innovation Station of its own.

Most of Pyongyang’s station names are inspirational sounding. In addition to Innovation, there’s Triumph, Glory, Paradise, Comrade, Red Star, and (my favorite) Complete Victory In Battle.

Clearly we need to up our game. Somehow, Wiehle-Reston East just doesn’t seem interesting anymore.

June 20th, 2013 | Permalink
Tags: metrorail, transportation



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