Fredericksburg Line

Fredericksburg Line
VRE train outside of Fredericksburg.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail line
System	Virginia Railway Express
Locale	Washington, D.C., Alexandria, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Stafford County, and Fredericksburg, Virginia
Termini	Union Station (Washington, D.C.) Fredericksburg, VA
Stations	13 (1 planned)
Operation
Opened	July 20, 1992
Owner	CSX Transportation
Operator(s)	Virginia Railway Express
Character	2 track main line
Technical
Line length	54 miles
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map Northeast Corridor to New York and Boston Union Station First Street Tunnel L'Enfant Long Bridge over Potomac River Crystal City Alexandria Manassas Line and Amtrak Franconia/Springfield Lorton Occoquan River Woodbridge Rippon Potomac Shores Quantico Brooke Leeland Rappahannock River Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Amtrak This diagram:

The Fredericksburg Line is a commuter rail line operated by Virginia Railway Express between Washington, D.C. and Fredericksburg, VA. Virginia Railway Express operates 7 weekday trains, and Amtrak trains serve a few of the stations on the line. Trackage is owned by CSX as part of their RF&P Subdivision.

What is today the Fredericksburg Line was originally part of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (or RF&P), a connector railroad between the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads in Washington, D.C., and the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line Railroads in Richmond. In 1991 CSX absorbed the RF&P and the line is now their RF&P Subdivision.

In 1992 Virginia Railway Express (or VRE) was formed to serve the former RF&P between Washington's Union Station and Fredericksburg, VA as well as stations between Washington and Manassas, VA on Norfolk Southern's Piedmont Division. In 2015, the route was extended to Spotsylvania.