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As part of the commemoration, figures who were part of the VRE’s past have been invited to share brief comments on how lessons learned in launching the commuter rail service can be applied to pandemic-related ridership recovery efforts.

There is also an expected announcement pertaining to VRE’s financial support of Transforming Rail in Virginia that will further document the support for the commonwealth’s commitment to expanding VRE service over the next decade. Transforming Rail in Virginia came as a result of an agreement between the commonwealth and CSX Transportation which seeks to improve rail transit in Virginia.

Virginia State PoliceInterstate 95 has reopened at the scene of a tractor-trailer fire near Courthouse Road in Stafford County.

The crash occurred at about 2:20 a.m. in the southbound lanes and caused a diesel spill. Crews closed a portion of the southbound lanes to clean up the mess.

New LED signs displaying variable speed limits will be illuminated starting Thursday, June 16 on Interstate 95 northbound approaching Fredericksburg.

The new signs will help to reduce crashes over a 15-mile section of the highway, between mileposts 110 (Ladysmith) and 130 (Route 3/Fredericksburg). According to a VDOT study, more than half the crashes reported in this area between 2015 and 2019 are rear-end collisions.

A Triangle man died in a crash Thursday, June 9, 2022, involving a tractor-trailer.

Virginia State Police is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash in Fauquier County at 1:20 a.m. along Route 17 south of Route 724 (Pleasant Vale Road).

Virginia State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash in Stafford County.

The crash occurred Sunday, June 5, 2022, at 9:04 a.m. along Interstate 95 at the 143 mile-marker, at Garrisonville Road in North Stafford.