Quantico station
Quantico station is a train station in Quantico, Virginia, served by two Amtrak trains and the Virginia Railway Express's Fredericksburg Line. The existing station house was originally built by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad in 1953. It is located at 550 Railroad Avenue at Potomac Avenue and is surrounded by the Quantico Marine Base.
History
In 1872, Quantico was the original northern terminus for the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. The station also included a freight station on the opposite side of the tracks. Acquisition of the Washington Southern Railway helped expand the line into Washington, D.C. In 1919, a two-story railroad station was built to replace the original station, but as the USMC base began to encroach on the area, RF&P was ordered to rebuild the station in 1953 in order to conform to similar design standards of the base.[2] RF&P ceased passenger operations in 1971 and the station has been used by Amtrak ever since then. The Virginia Railway Express established the Fredericksburg Line in 1992, and Quantico became one of the stations used along the line.
References
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. August 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad (TrainWeb)
External links
Media related to Quantico station at Wikimedia Commons
- Quantico, VA – Amtrak
- Quantico, VA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- VRE - Quantico Train Station
- Quantico Amtrak-VRE Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Articles with short description
- Coordinates not on Wikidata
- Commons category link is the pagename
- Transportation in Prince William County, Virginia
- Amtrak stations in Virginia
- Virginia Railway Express stations
- Former Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad stations
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872
- Buildings and structures in Prince William County, Virginia
- 1872 establishments in Virginia
- Quantico, Virginia
- All stub articles
- Southern United States railway station stubs
- Virginia building and structure stubs
- Virginia transportation stubs