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With Rain, VRE Delays Could Pile Up This Week

A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Woodbridge station. (File Photo: Mary Davidson)

Heavy rain could mean delays on Virginia Railway Express on Thursday.

The transit agency is warning riders who use the Fredericksburg line if flood restrictions are put in place trains could be delayed anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.

Flood restrictions require VRE trains on the line require trains to travel at 40 mph, and while trains may depart Fredericksburg on time they will encounter delays further up the line, said VRE spokeswoman April Maguigad.

Delays on the Manassas line tomorrow could be even worse, as flood restrictions could put commuters behind anywhere between an hour and 90 minutes.

Right now, the plan for tomorrow morning is to run trains on time. But a flood watch will go into effect at 6 p.m., and forecasters at the National Weather Service say up to three inches of rain could fall on top of saturated ground left behind by last weekend’s rainfall.

Word of delays also comes as VRE riders have already experienced long delays this week.

This morning on Fredericksburg line train 304, passengers were delayed because of speed restrictions.

On Tuesday morning, riders were slowed by signal problems and because one of VRE’s locomotives failed at VRE’s Brooke station.

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