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.
The spending plan attempts to increase lagging ridership and includes Saturday service to Washington, D.C., for the first time since the railroad began operations in 1992. Three round-trip trains will operate on the system's Fredericksburg and Manassas lines. Trains will travel northbound to the capital city in the morning and return south in the evening.
The board also approved VRE’s fare structure changes at its December 15, 2023, meeting at the OmniRide headquarters in Woodbridge. Base fares for FY 2025 will increase by five percent.
https://www.potomaclocal.com/2023/12/19 ... nges-loom/
The spending plan attempts to increase lagging ridership and includes Saturday service to Washington, D.C., for the first time since the railroad began operations in 1992. Three round-trip trains will operate on the system's Fredericksburg and Manassas lines. Trains will travel northbound to the capital city in the morning and return south in the evening.
The board also approved VRE’s fare structure changes at its December 15, 2023, meeting at the OmniRide headquarters in Woodbridge. Base fares for FY 2025 will increase by five percent.
https://www.potomaclocal.com/2023/12/19 ... nges-loom/
