A week after taking control of the Silver Line project, Metro says nothing has happened to prevent a summer opening.

While a date for passenger service likely won’t come until mid-June, officials said during a conference call today, WMATA has already set up a website where riders can get travel time and fare estimates.

A trip from Union Station to Tysons Corner is predicted to take 40 minutes, “assuming peak period schedules and five minutes for transfers.” So grain of salt, my friends. The off-peak planned fare would be $3.60, while a trip during peak period would set you back $5.15. A ride from Wiehle-Reston East, which will be the end of the Silver Line until Phase 2 to Dulles is completed, all the way to Largo Town Center will take 70 minutes, again with the same assumptions.

Metro expects the Silver Line “to attract around 25,000 boardings per day (or 50,000 riders per day going to and from the new stations) in the first couple of years.”