Fredericksburg station

Fredericksburg station is a passenger rail station in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is served by Amtrak's Carolinian, Northeast Regional, and Silver Meteor trains, and the Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line. (Amtrak's Silver Star, Palmetto, and Auto Train services pass through the station without stopping.) It is located on Lafayette Boulevard (US BUS 1). The station has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the RF&P Subdivision.

Not to be confused with Friedrichsberg station or Frederiksberg Station.
Fredericksburg
The old RFP station building is currently occupied by The Alpine Chef restaurant
Location200 Lafayette Boulevard
Fredericksburg, Virginia
United States
Coordinates38°17′54″N 77°27′25″W
Owned byCSX Transportation
Operated byVirginia Railway Express
Line(s)RF&P Subdivision
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Fredericksburg Regional Transit: D1, F2, F4, VF1, VS1
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesBike racks
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeFBG
Fare zone9 (VRE)
History
Opened1910
Rebuilt2010–2011[1]
Passengers
FY2015117,423[2]  10.47% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Richmond Staples Mill Road
toward Charlotte
 Carolinian Quantico
toward New York
Ashland
toward Norfolk or Newport News
 Northeast Regional Quantico
toward Boston South or Springfield
Richmond Staples Mill Road
toward Miami
 Silver Meteor Alexandria
toward New York
     Palmetto does not stop here
     Silver Star does not stop here
Preceding station Virginia Railway Express Following station
Spotsylvania
Terminus
 Fredericksburg Line Leeland Road
toward Washington, D.C.
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Richmond–Broad Street
toward Miami
 Silver Star Quantico
toward New York
Preceding station Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Following station
Summit
toward Richmond: Broad Street or Main Street
 Main Line Brooke
toward Washington, D.C.

History
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad's Silver Star at Fredericksburg on February 8, 1969

The Fredericksburg station was originally built in 1910 by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, as a replacement for an older ground level station house.[3] The RF&P arrived in Fredericksburg as far back as January 1837. A former Virginia Central Railway Depot can be found on adjacent tracks two blocks to the west on the southwest corner of Lafayette Boulevard and Charles Street.[4] [5]

The RF&P's passenger service was taken over by Amtrak in 1971. and commuter service was re-introduced by Virginia Railway Express in 1992 when the station became the southern terminus of the Fredericksburg Line. Since 1997, the station house was occupied by Claiborne's restaurant,[6] until it was replaced in 2010 by the Bavarian Chef Restaurant.[7] The station underwent a major restoration project between 2010 and 2011.[1]

The line was extended to a new terminus at Spotsylvania station in November 2015 with the hopes of easing the parking crunch at Fredericksburg.[8]

In June 2017, the VRE board approved a $431,000 to repair the western sections of platform, with plans to add an additional stair tower. Further in the future, plans for the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor call for a third track and an expanded station slightly to the east.[1]

Notes
  1. Shenk, Scott (August 25, 2017). "Fredericksburg train station to get upgrade". Free Lance-Star. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2015, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  3. 1905 Postcard of Fredericksburg station at ground level (TrainWeb)
  4. "Dynamic Depot Maps (Fredericksburg, Virginia)". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  5. Former Fredericksburg Virginia Central Railroad Depot
  6. ""After 12 years, Claiborne's closes: Claiborne's closes suddenly," by Emily Battle (Fredericksburg.com; September 9, 2009 )". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  7. The Bavarian Chef in Fredericksburg
  8. Lazo, Luz (15 November 2015). "VRE Spotsylvania station to open Monday". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

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