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The Fredericksburg Line is a commuter rail service operated by Virginia Railway Express between Washington, D.C., and Olive, Virginia. Virginia Railway Express operates 8 weekday trains, [ 1 ] and Amtrak trains serve a few of the stations on the line.
Amtrak Virginia is the collective name for Virginia's state-supported Amtrak train service, all of which falls under the Northeast Regional brand. Amtrak Virginia trains run between Washington, D.C., and one of four southern termini: Richmond, Newport News, Norfolk, or Roanoke.
Distance travelled: 704 miles (1,133 km) ... Virginia; the Carolinian stops at Fredericksburg and Quantico ... and via a DC link cable, ...
A Virginia Railway Express train going through Crystal City in 1999. Discussions about commuter rail service in Northern Virginia had occurred as early as 1964 at the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, but died in the face of opposition by the freight railroads whose tracks offered ready access to core employment areas.
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad was chartered on February 25, 1834, [2] to run from Richmond north via Fredericksburg to the Potomac River. It opened from Richmond to Hazel Run in 1836, to Fredericksburg on January 23, 1837, and the rest of the way to the Potomac River at Aquia Creek on September 30, 1842.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad: RF&P, RFP RF&P 1920 1991 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway: RFP 1991 Still exists as a subsidiary of CSX Transportation: Southern Railway: SOU SOU 1894 1990 Norfolk Southern Railway: Southern Maryland Railroad: 1882 1886 Washington and ...
I booked an Amtrak ride from California to Washington, DC, for $250. I learned a lot on the four-day trek, even though I'd traveled by train before.
DC: VA . 233 mi: 375 km ... The George Washington, the C&O's flagship train, was a long-distance sleeper that ran between Cincinnati and ... Fredericksburg ...