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2023 VRE Operations Board Leaders Take the Helm

By Bekah Whittacre
Fairfax County Supervisor Walkinshaw

Members of the 2023 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board Executive Committee were installed Friday in a brief ceremony during which outgoing Chair Margaret Franklin of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors passed the gavel to James Walkinshaw of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Walkinshaw was the VRE board’s vice chair in 2022.

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Prince William transportation director: ‘We’ve got to get more people back to transit’

By Potomac Local News

As more Prince William County residents continue to abandon Virignia Railway Express, the county’s transportation director is not ready to give up on the state’s only commuter rail service, or on the long-talked about notion of extending Metro to the county.

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VRE unveils plans for bridge over tracks at Broad Run station in Manassas

By Potomac Local News

Virginia Railway Express today unveiled plans for a new street bridge to connect drivers and pedestrians to its Broad Run station at Manassas Airport. 

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VRE approves $191M budget, wrangles with future: ‘Maybe we’ve lost the federal worker for good’

By Uriah Kiser

Ridership projections for Virginia Railway Express were revised to lower for the year, but localities will pay more to fund the state’s only commuter railway next year.

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Ridership lower, costs higher; Virginia Railway Express to increase 2024 budget

By Potomac Local News

Virginia Railway Express is higher costs and fewer riders when it goes to approve its $191 million budget during its Operations Board meeting tomorrow, December 16, 2022.

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Follow up: Man struck by VRE train in Fredericksburg dies

By Potomac Local News
A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

We’re just learning of a 21-year-old Fredericksburg man struck and killed by a Virginia Railway Express train on December 9. 

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Trespasser on the tracks: VRE cancels Fredericksburg line morning trains

By Potomac Local News

All remaining a.m. Fredericksburg line trains have been canceled due to an incident involving a trespasser.

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VRE Santa Trains return December 10 after 2-year hiatus

By Press Release

A holiday tradition cherished by thousands of Northern Virginia families, the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Santa Trains will return on Saturday, December 10, after a two-year hiatus.

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VRE biggest ridership declines in Fairfax, Prince William. Sups question subsidies

By Potomac Local News
A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Ridership on Virginia Railway Express continues to decline in the most populated jurisdictions served by the commuter rail service. 

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VRE free, reduced fares continue; Riders slow to return

By Potomac Local News

Virginia Railway Express will continue to offer free fares for riders who board at stations from Springfield and Backlick Road, Arlington, and Washington, D.C., in zones one, two, and three, respectively.

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