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Old Town Alexandria is one of the original settlements of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is located about 15 minutes by car from Washington, D.C., of which it used to make up the southern part. [1] It was the oldest district of D.C. until it was ceded back to Virginia in 1846.
The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad was originally incorporated as the Alexandria and Harper's Ferry (A&HF) Railroad in 1847. The goal of the A&HF was to connect to the Winchester and Potomac River Railroad in Harper's Ferry and thus redirect trade from the Shenandoah that had started going to Baltimore via the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad.
In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery and Prince George's counties; in Virginia, to Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties, and to the independent city of Alexandria. The system's most recent expansion , which is the construction of a new station (and altering the line), serving Potomac Yard , opened on May 19, 2023.
Old DASH sign on a lamppost on Duke St. DASH is the public bus system for the city of Alexandria, Virginia.DASH provides bus service within the City of Alexandria, and connects with Metrobus, Metrorail, Virginia Railway Express, Amtrak and other local bus systems.
Virginia Western Coal and Iron Railway: Alberene Railroad: C&O: 1895 1902 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway: RF&P: 1864 1890 Washington Southern Railway: Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad: SOU: 1853 1870 Washington and Ohio Railroad: Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad: SOU: 1847 1853 Alexandria ...
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The Alexandria Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District in Alexandria, Virginia. Encompassing all of the city's Old Town and some adjacent areas, this area contains one of the nation's best-preserved assemblages of the late-18th and early-19th century urban architecture. The district was locally designated (as the Old and ...
16. Alexandria, Virginia. If you haven't quite tired of the holiday spirit, Alexandria charms with brick-lined streets and twinkling holiday lights — King Street is like a real-life Dickens village.