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Commuter Rail - MARC & VRE

COVID-19 and Transit Service


The Washington, DC area has two commuter rail services: VRE - Virginia Railway Express and MARC - Maryland Area Regional Commuter. Pre-pandemic, the combined average weekday ridership approached 60,000 passengers; about 40,000 each day for MARC and about 20,000 each day for VRE.

VRE operates Monday through Friday between Union Station in Washington, DC and stations in Virginia, along two lines, the Manassas Line and the Fredericksburg Line. VRE is a joint project of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC). More information at vre.org.

MARC provides service between Union Station in Washington, DC and stations in Maryland, along three lines, the Penn, Camden, and Brunswick lines. All three lines operate Monday through Friday, the Penn Line also provides service on weekends. MARC is operated by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), a division of the Maryland Department of Transportation. In addition to MARC, MTA also operates local bus, commuter bus, light rail, and subway services in Maryland. More information at mta.maryland.gov/marc-train.

SmartBenefits® and Commuter Rail

VRE and MARC do not accept SmarTrip®, but riders who receive SmartBenefits® from their employer can still use their benefits to purchase tickets. CommuterDirect.com offers a SmartBenefits personal account service.  VRE and MARC riders can apply their SmartBenefits to their CommuterDirect.com® account and purchase tickets and passes through CommuterDirect.com.® Customers can choose to have tickets delivered to them, or pick up their tickets at any of the five locations of The Commuter Store.® More about SmarTrip and SmartBenefits.

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Arlington’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Counters

Bikes counted

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110 Trail
91
14th Street Bridge
319
Arlington Mill Trail
85
Ballston Connector
0
Bluemont Connector
75
CC Connector
68
Clarendon EB bike lane
75
Custis Bon Air Park
164
Custis Rosslyn
183
Eads NB
12
Eads SB
16
Fairfax EB bike lane
41
Fairfax WB
57
Joyce St NB
0
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
305
Key Bridge West
220
Military NB bike lane
10
Military SB bike lane
13
MVT Airport South
215
Quincy NB bike lane
19
Quincy SB bike lane
17
Roosevelt Bridge
44
Rosslyn Bikeometer
170
TR Island Bridge
111
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
252
WOD Columbia Pike
259
Wilson WB bike lane
70

Peds counted

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110 Trail
221
14th Street Bridge
276
Arlington Mill Trail
487
Ballston Connector
0
Bluemont Connector
900
CC Connector
383
Custis Bon Air Park
752
Custis Rosslyn
695
Eads NB
0
Eads SB
0
Fairfax WB
0
Joyce St NB
0
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
2224
Key Bridge West
483
MVT Airport South
420
Roosevelt Bridge
194
TR Island Bridge
894
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
993
WOD Columbia Pike
716

All counters, YTD

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Year to Date
183061