Virginia Railway Express Archives - Page 4 of 8

Published January 14, 2024 at 11:02AM

The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget received final approval Thursday evening, as the second of its two parent commissions voted to adopt the budget and accompanying six-year capital improvement program (CIP).

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News

Christmas/New Years transit changes: Modified schedules for OmniRide, VRE

By Uriah Kiser

Published December 20, 2023 at 6:45AM

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Prince William

Full steam ahead: VRE board approves Saturday service, fare increase; Challenges loom

By Steven Gorski

Published December 19, 2023 at 10:19AM | Updated December 19, 2023 at 3:46PM

A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

In what Virginia Railway Express management called the first step in transforming the state’s only commuter railroad, the VRE Operations Board approved its Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

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Features

VRE Santa Train tickets on sale tomorrow morning, Monday, Nov. 27

By Amelia Breeden

Published November 26, 2023 at 11:32AM

Tickets for the Santa Train will be available starting Monday, November 27 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased for $5 (cash or check) or $6 (credit card).

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Fairfax

Survey says: Yes, to VRE Saturday service, fare increase

By Steven Gorski

Published November 18, 2023 at 11:41AM | Updated November 19, 2023 at 9:58AM

A Virginia Railway Express train pulls into the Fredericksburg train station. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Virginia Railway Express officials say the public wants Saturday service and is willing to pay for it.

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Federal data shows taxpayers paying more to pick up the tab for transit riders

By Uriah Kiser

Published November 14, 2023 at 12:57PM

Taxpayers are picking up more of the higher costs of transit in the U.S. since the pandemic, according to the latest data released by the Federal Transit Administration.

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Prince William

VRE plans weekend service, fare hikes

By Uriah Kiser

Published October 20, 2023 at 11:16AM

Virginia Railway Express aims to add service on Saturday, starting July 1, 2024.

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Prince William

VRE report: Saturday service, fare hike on the table

By Sarah Romero

Published July 27, 2023 at 3:29PM

Virginia Railway Express passengers said there is room for improvement on the state’s only commuter railroad.

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Originals

540-space garage comes at pivotal time for Manassas Park, VRE

By Uriah Kiser

Published July 18, 2023 at 9:30AM | Updated July 18, 2023 at 10:17AM

State and local leaders gathered in Manassas Park to break ground for a 540-space parking garage at the city's Virginia Railway Express commuter rail station.

Officials gathered to establish a new parking garage serving Virginia Railway Express riders and downtown Manassas Park visitors.

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Opinion

Opinion: Wider roads fail and the public knows this

By Letters to the Editor

Published July 15, 2023 at 11:00AM | Updated July 15, 2023 at 12:23PM

Photo: Virginia Department of Transportation

With the region’s elected officials gathering at their annual retreat this Friday and Saturday, the Coalition for Smarter Growth continued to urge reform of the region’s transportation priorities.

A national poll of 2001 voters (90% of whom are drivers) released last week by Transportation for America revealed that two-thirds of Americans know highway expansions don’t cure traffic. Sixty-seven percent of American voters polled agreed that widening highways attract more people to drive, which creates more traffic in the long run, defeating the stated purpose for countless road expansion projects across the country.