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The line south of Alexandria, Virginia, was once owned by Southern Railway, whose Crescent train stopped at the line's Alexandria and Manassas stations. When U.S. intercity passenger service was taken over by Amtrak, the new railroad continued the Crescent service between New Orleans and New York City.
The system is owned by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA Maryland), and serves Maryland, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. The system covers a total route length of 198.2 miles (319.0 km) along three rail lines. [1] In the 2019 fiscal year, MARC Train service had average weekday ridership of 36,375 passengers. [2]
A Virginia Railway Express train going through Crystal City in 1999. Discussions about commuter rail service in Northern Virginia had occurred as early as 1964 at the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, but died in the face of opposition by the freight railroads whose tracks offered ready access to core employment areas.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad: RF&P, RFP RF&P 1920 1991 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway: RFP 1991 Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation: Southern Railway: SOU SOU 1894 1990 Norfolk Southern Railway: Southern Maryland Railroad: 1882 1886 Washington and ...
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad: Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad: 1876 1925 Orange and Fredericksburg Railroad: Prince George and Chesterfield Railway: SAL: 1929 1946 Seaboard Air Line Railroad: Radford-Southern Railroad and Mining Company: N&W: 1898 1903 Norfolk and Western Railway: Richmond and Alleghany Railroad ...
Franconia-bound Blue Line train serving Farragut West in December 2019 Beginning on November 27, 2020, until March 14, 2021, Blue Line trains began serving Huntington and Eisenhower Avenue stations during most weekends due to Metro modernizing the signal system at Alexandria Rail Yard causing both Franconia–Springfield and Van Dorn Street ...
The Fredericksburg Line is a commuter rail service operated by Virginia Railway Express between Washington, D.C., and Olive, Virginia. Virginia Railway Express operates 8 weekday trains, [ 1 ] and Amtrak trains serve a few of the stations on the line.
The RF&P Sub is part of CSX Transportation's eastern seaboard line, and carries freight trains, as well as passenger trains for Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express (VRE). ). Freight traffic capacity on the subdivision has been improved by the modernization of the Virginia Avenue Tu