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The commuter rail service charges as much as $12.15 one-way on the Fredericksburg line and $10 one-way on the Manassas line. Free-Friday fares will begin Friday, June 2, 2023, and last through September 1, 2023.

Free Fridays would cost the system about $300,000 in fare revenue, VRE estimate. The operations board meets at 9 a.m. Friday, May 18, 2023, at the OmniRide Transit Center, 14700 Potomac Mills Road in Woodbridge.


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Virginia Railway Express is scrambling to get riders back on its trains after the pandemic. The average daily ridership has plummeted to about 6,200 — a third of what it was in February 2020.

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Quantico

Quantico Marine Corps Base will conduct a full-scale exercise on the base on May 25 that will simulate a train derailment on the main side of the base. The exercise, the largest conducted at the base in about 12 years, will test the ability of the base and Prince William County emergency responders to react and work together in an emergency.

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Prince William

Work is underway at Potomac Shores to build a new four-level, 400-space parking garage.

During a groundbreaking event Monday, May 8, 2023, a spokesman for Potomac Shores developer Biddle Real Estate Ventures said the garage will open in Fall 2024, with the train station construction occurring at the time of opening or beginning shortly after that. The structure will be a precursor to a new Virginia Railway Express station to be built next to the garage.


Prince William

Officials cut the ribbon on the region’s latest diverging diamond interchange that will open Monday, May 1, at Prince William Parkway and Balls Ford Road in Gainesville.

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Prince William

There’s a new promise to build a Virginia Railway Express station at Potomac Shores near Dumfries.

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Police found the body of a man who, apparently, jumped from the parking garage next to the city’s train station in bustling Downtown Manassas.

Police have not identified the victim who was found on the station’s concrete platform. They said several 911 callers witnessed the victim fall to his death.


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This summer, taking Virginia Railway Express from the Springfield or Backlick Road stations will be cheaper.

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(The Center Square) – Maryland is advancing discussions on potential plans to expand MARC commuter rail service into Delaware and Virginia – a move officials hope will expand access for transit riders across state lines.

The Maryland Department of Transportation has signed framework agreements with the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and Delaware Transit Corp. for potential MARC Train Service expansions, Gov. Wes Moore announced Thursday. The possible future expansions could extend MARC service to Newark, Delaware, and to Alexandria, Virginia.


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For Town of Quantico residents, there’s one way in and one way out.

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