Fredericksburg Line
VRE train at Spotsylvania station on January 2025
Overview
Owner	CSX Transportation
Locale	Washington, D.C.,Alexandria,Fairfax County,Prince William County,Stafford County, andFredericksburg,Virginia
Termini	Union Station (Washington, D.C.) Fredericksburg, VA
Stations	13 (1 planned)
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Virginia Railway Express
Train number(s)	300–315
Operator(s)	Virginia Railway Express
Daily ridership	7,759 (April 2025)
History
Opened	July 20, 1992
Technical
Line length	54 miles
Character	2 track main line
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	79 mph (127km/h) (top) 33.1mph (52.9km/h) (average)
Route map Fredericksburg Line highlighted in red Show interactive map Legend MARC Amtrak Union Station First Street Tunnel L'Enfant Potomac River Washington, D.C. Virginia Crystal City Alexandria Manassas Line toBroad Run Amtrak Franconia–Springfield Lorton Occoquan River Woodbridge Rippon Potomac Shores (under construction) Quantico Brooke Leeland Road Rappahannock River Fredericksburg Spotsylvania Amtrak All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

TheFredericksburg Line is acommuter rail service operated byVirginia Railway Express betweenWashington, D.C., andOlive, Virginia. Virginia Railway Express operates 8 weekday trains,^[1] andAmtrak trains serve a few of the stations on the line. Trackage is owned byCSX as part of theirRF&P Subdivision.

The line's trains get around 7,759 boardings per weekday in April 2025.^[2]

What is today the Fredericksburg Line was originally part of theRichmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (or RF&P), a connector railroad between thePennsylvania andBaltimore and Ohio Railroads inWashington, D.C., and theSeaboard Air Line andAtlantic Coast Line Railroads inRichmond. In 1991CSX absorbed the RF&P and the line is now theirRF&P Subdivision.

In 1992 Virginia Railway Express (or VRE) was formed to serve the former RF&P betweenWashington's Union Station andFredericksburg, Virginia as well as stations between Washington andManassas, Virginia onNorfolk Southern's Piedmont Division. In 2015, the route was extended toSpotsylvania.

Along with VRE, manyAmtrak trains also utilize this line. TheirNortheast Regional trains stop at six of the 12 stations on the line andAlexandria is a major stop for six of their long distance trains.

Work was completed on a third track betweenAlexandria andFranconia-Springfield in 2010. This track enables VRE and Amtrak trains to bypass slow freight trains over Franconia Hill. VRE would also like to add another third track betweenPowells Creek inPrince William County and Arkendale Road inStafford County in the near future.^[3]

State	Town/City	Station	Connections
District of Columbia	Washington	Union Station	Amtrak:Acela,Cardinal,Carolinian,Crescent,Floridian,Northeast Regional,Palmetto,Silver Meteor,Vermonter,Thruway Bus toCharlottesville, Virginia MARC:■ Brunswick Line,■ Camden Line,■ Penn Line VRE:■ Manassas Line Metrorail: DC Streetcar:H Street/Benning Road Line Metrobus,Loudoun County Transit,OmniRide,MTA Commuter Bus
		L'Enfant	VRE:■ Manassas Line Metrorail: Metrobus,Loudoun County Transit.OmniRide,MTA Commuter Bus
Virginia	Arlington	Crystal City	VRE:■ Manassas Line Metrorail: Metroway Metrobus,Arlington Transit,Fairfax Connector,Loudoun County Transit,OmniRide
	Alexandria	Alexandria	Amtrak:Cardinal,Carolinian,Crescent,Floridian,Northeast Regional,Palmetto,Silver Meteor VRE:■ Manassas Line Metrorail: Metrobus,DASH Bus
	Springfield	Franconia–Springfield	Metrorail: Metrobus,Fairfax Connector,OmniRide
	Lorton	Lorton	Fairfax Connector
	Woodbridge	Woodbridge	Amtrak:Northeast Regional OmniRide, OmniLink
		Rippon
	Dumfries	Potomac Shores
	Quantico	Quantico	Amtrak:Carolinian,Northeast Regional OmniRide, Fredericksburg Regional Transit
	Stafford	Brooke
	Falmouth	Leeland Road
	Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg	Amtrak:Carolinian,Northeast Regional,Silver Meteor Fredericksburg Regional Transit
	Spotsylvania	Spotsylvania

• RF&P Subdivision

• Rail infrastructure in Virginia
• Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
• Rail infrastructure in Washington, D.C.
• 1992 establishments in Virginia
• Fredericksburg Line

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