Haymarket Line

Haymarket Line
Overview
Type Commuter rail line
System Virginia Railway Express
Status proposed
Locale Washington, D.C., Fairfax County, Virginia, Prince William County, Virginia
Termini Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
Haymarket, Virginia
Stations 12
Operation
Owner Norfolk Southern Railway, CSX Transportation
Operator(s) Virginia Railway Express
Character grade-separated, above ground and underground
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map
Northeast Corridor
to New York and Boston
 Union Station
 First Street Tunnel
 L'Enfant
Long Bridge over
Potomac River
 Crystal City
 Alexandria
Fredericksburg Line
and Amtrak
 Backlick Road
 Rolling Road
 Burke Centre
 Manassas Park
 Manassas
Manassas Line
and Amtrak
 Sudley Manor
 Gainesville
 Haymarket

The Haymarket Line was a proposed Virginia Railway Express extension of the Manassas Line that would connect Washington, D.C. to Haymarket, Virginia. The line would be extended from Manassas to Gainesville and Haymarket. The line began feasibility studies in 2015, and those studies concluded in 2017, with the hope that the line would open in 2022.[1] It is included in the Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan.[2]

On March 17, 2017 the VRE Operations Board scrapped the plan due to cost. Instead they voted to expand the current station in Broad Run.[3]

Stations list

State Location Station Connections
District of ColumbiaWashingtonUnion Station Amtrak, MARC, VRE Fredericksburg Line, Washington Metro
Metrobus, Loudoun County Commuter Bus, OmniRide, MTA Commuter Bus, DC Streetcar
L'Enfant Washington Metro, VRE Fredericksburg Line
Metrobus, Loudoun County Commuter Bus. OmniRide Commuter, MTA Commuter Bus
VirginiaArlingtonCrystal CityWashington Metro, VRE Fredericksburg Line
Metrobus, Metroway, Arlington Transit, Fairfax Connector, Loudoun County Commuter Bus, OmniRide Commuter
AlexandriaUnion StationAmtrak, VRE Fredericksburg Line, Washington Metro
Metrobus, DASH Bus
SpringfieldBacklick RoadMetrobus, Fairfax Connector
BurkeRolling RoadMetrobus
Burke CentreAmtrak
Metrobus, Fairfax Connector
ManassasManassas ParkOmniRide Commuter
ManassasAmtrak, OmniRide Commuter
Sudley ManorOmniRide Commuter
GainesvilleGainesville
HaymarketHaymarket

References

  1. ↑ "Gainesville-Haymarket Extension Study". Virginia Railway Express. VRE.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Trains, buses, new lanes for cars and bikes—highlights from the 2016 CLRP Amendment". National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board. October 18, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Plans for VRE Expansion to Haymarket crumble". The Washington Post. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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