Board meeting scheduled for today.
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board meets today, and their agenda includes a vote on whether to approve a proposed 3 percent fare increase. If adopted, the increase would take effect the first week of July 2012, to coincide with the start of FY2013. Normal and discounted (advance-purchase) fares proposed for the 2013 fiscal year are outlined in the document attached to this article. The new per-trip increase for both monthly and single-trip Burke riders would be, for example: VRE is a transportation partnership of: The commuter rail service operates 29 trains from 18 stations serving the Northern Virginia suburbs to Alexandria, Crystal City and downtown Washington, D.C., along the I-66 and I-95 corridors. Services began …
New VRE track in Spotsylvania County leads to projected decrease in the amount of money city will pay to VRE, while federal and state budget cuts could lead to a three percent fare increase in July.
The City of Manassas Park is set to see a decrease in its bill from the Virginia Railway Express in Fiscal Year 2013, despite the possibility of a fare increase for VRE riders beginning in July. As part of an agreement, each jurisdiction served by the commuter rail service contributes to its operations. This year, Manassas Park will pay $556,000 to the VRE for its services, VRE spokesman Mark Roeber said. But Manassas Park is slated to pay some $40,000 less in 2013. The decrease mainly has to do with Spotsylvania County coming online next year and contributing its full allocation because of a new VRE track opening in the county in 2013, he said. Manassas Park experienced a slight increase in ridership in 2011 when the number of riders …
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11:30 pm on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The 305 figure is the number of people who ride the VRE, that are residents of Manassas Park. It is just a one day snapshot of ridership to determine budget allocations. If I were to guess, Manassas Park residents makes up about half of the riders at the Manassas Park station. more ›