Quantico (Amtrak station)

Quantico

Quantico station in January 2013

Location

550 Railroad Avenue
Quantico, Virginia
United States

Coordinates

38°31′18″N 77°17′35″W / 38.52167°N 77.29306°WCoordinates: 38°31′18″N 77°17′35″W / 38.52167°N 77.29306°W

Owned by

CSX Transportation

Operated by

Virginia Railway Express

Line(s)

RF&P Subdivision

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

Connections

OmniLink: R1

Construction

Parking

258

Bicycle facilities

Bike Racks

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

QAN

Fare zone

6(VRE)

History

Opened

1872

Rebuilt

1919, 1953

Traffic

Passengers (FY2014)

36,976

3.23% (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station		Amtrak	Following station
Fredericksburg toward Charlotte		Carolinian	Alexandria toward New York City
Fredericksburg toward Norfolk or Newport News		Northeast Regional	Woodbridge toward Boston South Station
Virginia Railway Express
Brooke toward Spotsylvania		Fredericksburg Line	Rippon toward Union Station
	From 2018
Brooke toward Spotsylvania		Fredericksburg Line	Potomac Shores toward Union Station

Quantico 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 practically dominated, if not surrounded, by the Quantico Marine Base.

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 Railroad 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. 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.

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