Fredericksburg station

Railway station in Fredericksburg, Virginia

Not to be confused with Friedrichsberg station or Frederiksberg station.

Fredericksburg

Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express station

The old RFP station building, currently occupied by The Alpine Chef restaurant

General information
Location| 200 Lafayette Boulevard (US 1 Business)
Fredericksburg, Virginia
United States
Coordinates| 38°17′54″N 77°27′25″W﻿ / ﻿38.29833°N 77.45694°W﻿ / 38.29833; -77.45694
Owned by| CSX Transportation
Operated by| Virginia Railway Express
Line(s)| CSX RF&P Subdivision
Platforms| 2 side platforms
Tracks| 2
Connections|  Fredericksburg Regional Transit: D1, F2, F4, VF1, VS1
Construction
Parking| Yes
Bicycle facilities| Racks
Accessible| Yes
Other information
Station code| Amtrak: FBG
Fare zone| 9 (VRE)
History
Opened| January 23, 1837[1]
Rebuilt| February-November 10, 1910[2][3]
2010–2011[4]
Passengers
FY 2022| 72,354[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[edit]

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.[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]

## Bibliography[edit]

* Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (1890). Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company. Held on the 19th Day of November, 1890. Richmond, Virginia: Dispatch Steam Printing House. Retrieved April 14, 2021.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company 1890, pp. 14–15.
2. ^ "Work on New Depot Begins". The Free Lance. Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 24, 1910. p. 3\. Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Fredericksburg Depot Open". The Baltimore Sun. p. 12\. Archived from the original on April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ a b c Shenk, Scott (August 25, 2017). "Fredericksburg train station to get upgrade". Free Lance-Star. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
5. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
6. ^ "1905 Postcard of Fredericksburg station at ground level (TrainWeb)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
7. ^ "Dynamic Depot Maps (Fredericksburg, Virginia)". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
8. ^ "Former Fredericksburg Virginia Central Railroad Depot". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
9. ^ ""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.
10. ^ "The Bavarian Chef in Fredericksburg". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
11. ^ Lazo, Luz (15 November 2015). "VRE Spotsylvania station to open Monday". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Fredericksburg station at Wikimedia Commons

* Fredericksburg Train Station – Amtrak
* Fredericksburg Train Station – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
* Fredericksburg Train Station – VRE
* Fredericksburg Amtrak-VRE Station – USA Rail Guide (Train Web)

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* Alexandria
* Ashland
* Burke Centre
* Charlottesville
* Clifton Forge
* Culpeper
* Danville
* Fredericksburg
* Lorton
* Lynchburg (Kemper Street)
* Manassas
* Newport News
* Norfolk
* Petersburg
* Quantico
* Richmond–Main Street
* Richmond–Staples Mill Road
* Roanoke
* Staunton
* Williamsburg
* Woodbridge

Former stations|

* Bedford
* Christianburg
* Farmville
* Franconia–Springfield
* Lee Hall
* Lynchburg (Woodall Road)
* Monroe
* Narrows
* Nottaway County Station
* Petersburg (Fleet Street)
* Petersburg (River Street)
* Richmond–Ellerson
* Suffolk
* Williamsburg–Pottery Factory

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* Bedford
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Fredericksburg|

* Spotsylvania
* Fredericksburg
* Leeland Road
* Brooke
* Quantico
* Potomac Shores
* Rippon
* Woodbridge
* Lorton
* Franconia–Springfield
* Alexandria
* Crystal City
* L'Enfant
* Washington, D.C.

Manassas|

* Broad Run
* Manassas
* Manassas Park
* Burke Centre
* Rolling Road
* Backlick Road
* Alexandria
* Crystal City
* L'Enfant Plaza
* Washington, D.C.

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