Fredericksburg station

38°17′54″N 77°27′25″W / 38.29833°N 77.45694°W / 38.29833; -77.45694Owned byCSX TransportationOperated byVirginia Railway ExpressLine(s)CSX RF&P SubdivisionPlatforms2 side platformsTracks2Connections Fredericksburg Regional Transit: D1, F2, F4, VF1, VS1ConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesRacksAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: FBGFare zone9 (VRE)HistoryOpenedJanuary 23, 1837^[1]RebuiltFebruary–November 10, 1910^[2][3]
2010–2011^[4]PassengersFY 202272,354^[5] (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
Auto Train does not stop here
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.

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 (U.S. Route 1 Business). The station has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the RF&P Subdivision.

History

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.^[6] 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.^{[7] [citation needed][8]}

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,^[9] until it was replaced in 2010 by the Bavarian Chef Restaurant.^[10] The station underwent a major restoration project between 2010 and 2011.^[4]

The line was extended to a new terminus at Spotsylvania station in November 2015 with the hopes of easing the parking crunch at Fredericksburg.^[11]

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.^[4]

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External links

Media related to Fredericksburg station at Wikimedia Commons

• Fredericksburg Train Station – Amtrak
• Fredericksburg Train Station – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• VRE – Fredericksburg