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Spotsylvania station

January 26, 2023

Spotsylvania is a commuter rail station on the Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg Line, located off US Route 17 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of downtown Fredericksburg in the unincorporated community of Olive (with a Fredericksburg mailing address). It opened on November 16, 2015 – the first extension of VRE service since its opening.[1][2]

Spotsylvania
Spotsylvania station in April 2018.
General information
Location9442 Crossroads Parkway
Olive (Fredericksburg), Virginia
United States
Coordinates38°13′17″N 77°26′28″W / 38.2214°N 77.4410°W / 38.2214; -77.4410Coordinates: 38°13′17″N 77°26′28″W / 38.2214°N 77.4410°W / 38.2214; -77.4410
Owned bySpotsylvania County
Operated byVirginia Railway Express
Line(s)RF&P Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Construction
Parking1,500 spaces[1]
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone9
History
OpenedNovember 16, 2015[1][2]
Passengers
20151,300 daily (expected)[3]
Services
Preceding station Virginia Railway Express Following station
Terminus Fredericksburg Line Fredericksburg
toward Washington, D.C.

The station consists of a 700-foot (210 m)-long low-level platform with a canopy and a small headhouse with restrooms.[4][5] The station has 1500 parking spaces for commuters.[1]

History

Initial plans

Since its opening in July 1992, the Fredericksburg Line had terminated at its namesake city. Spotsylvania was not included in the 1992 VRE network because the county was not part of the original funding district.[6] However, the Fredericksburg lot served a substantial number of commuters from Spotsylvania County – between 900 and 1000 daily by 2012. This caused capacity problems at the lot and prevented local residents from parking there.[3] In 2004, VRE's Strategic Plan indicated the possibility of a station in Spotsylvania at a Route 17 site, citing existing ridership from the county and the need for increased parking, as well as noting that the extension could be constructed relatively cheaply, allowing for near-term implementation.[6]

Joining VRE

On August 18, 2009, the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted to join VRE. In September 2009, they additionally voted to join its associated funding district, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC).[7][8] The North Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) approved the decision (which included provisions for a VRE station in Spotsylvania) in November 2009, and Spotsylvania joined VRE and the PRTC in February 2010.[7] In August 2010, a Spotsylvania-funded study indicated that a site just south of Route 17 was the optimum location for the station.[7] The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors approved the site in October 2010.[9]

Planning and delays

The VRE board issued preliminary approval of the extension in June 2012 and devoted about $400,000 in VRE funds to the project.[10]

A Department of Environmental Quality public comment period regarding the third track lasted from January to February 2013.[11] Design work started in June 2012 and was finished by March 2013.[12] In March 2013, the VRE board voted to issue an invitation for bids, due in May 2013.[13][14] On May 17, the board issued a $2.349 million contract to Hammerhead Construction for station construction, with work intended to begin in June.[12] A $8 million contract for the third track was awarded in June.[15] A $20 million contract with CSX Transportation was approved in September 2013; this signing allowed construction but work did not yet begin.[16]

The station was originally planned to open in December 2013, but this was delayed several times. A completion date of March 2014 with the third track several months later was announced in September 2013.[16] A later date of June 2014 was announced in November 2013 due to delays in negotiations, as the owners of the property upon which the third track and parking lot will be built disputed the price they were to be paid for the land.[17] Construction on the third track started in early 2014, but not on the parking lot and station, due to a continued lack of agreement. In May 2014, VDOT took over negotiations from the county, as the state agency had more power of eminent domain.[18]

In July 2014, VDOT filed a certificate of take in a county court, which the property owners consented to; this allowed the land to be transferred even without a final agreement on the sale price.[19] Bidding for the parking lot and roadway construction opened on July 25, 2014, with bids due on August 27.[20][19][21] The $7.3 million lowest bid was selected in September 2014.[22]

Construction

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on August 12, 2014.[23] By then the third track and station were to be complete by February 2015, but parking lot construction would take eight months to complete, further delaying opening until July 2015.[20][23] At the groundbreaking, officials stated that the station might open as soon as December 2014 even if the parking lot was not yet complete, but this did not come to fruition.[24]

In March 2015, the VRE board voted to terminate the $8.7 million contract with one company, which had been working on the third track project, due to numerous safety violations. The termination was expected to delay the third track but not the station opening.[25] Negotiations about the cost of the parking land failed in 2015; the case will go to trial in May 2016.[26] By July 2015 the station was planned to open in September, though work on the third track did not resume until August 2015.[26][27][28]

Opening

On October 26, 2015, VRE announced that the station would open at the start of service on November 16, 2015.[2][29] The station saw full service on the 16th, with a mid-morning ribbon-cutting ceremony.[1] It was the first extension of VRE service since the system opened in 1992, but not the first station added to the system – Lorton and Franconia-Springfield opened as infill stations in the mid-1990s.[30]

During the first week of operations, daily ridership at Spotsylvania averaged 550 boardings.[31] The third track opened on May 17, 2016.[32] Later that month, an agreement for a price of $3 million – substantially higher than VRE's original offer – was reached for the purchase of the parking lot property.[33]

Funding

The station itself cost $3.4 million to build, while the associated 2.6 miles (4.2 km) of third track with high-speed crossovers cost $32.5 million.[10] The project was funded by state funds and by Spotsylvania County.[34] Funding for operations on the extension comes from Spotsylvania County.[3] In August 2012, the county announced that revenues from bond sales would be used to fund the extension.[35]

VRE oversaw the design and construction of the station for the county.[34]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lazo, Luz (15 November 2015). "VRE Spotsylvania station to open Monday". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "VRE to Open New Spotsylvania VRE Station" (Press release). Virginia Railway Express. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Weir, Kytja (4 July 2012). "VRE to expand into Spotsylvania County". Washington Examiner.
  4. ^ STV Inc. (27 March 2013). (PDF). Virginia Railway Express. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013.
  5. ^ . Virginia Railway Express. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  6. ^ a b Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas Inc. (May 2004). (PDF). VRE Strategic Plan. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b c HDR Engineering (4 August 2010). (PDF). Spotsylvania County. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  8. ^ Anthony J. Romanello & Joseph L. Howard (8 September 2009). "Action Item: Board of Supervisors" (PDF). Stafford Board of Supervisors. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  9. ^ Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors (26 October 2010). (PDF). Spotsylvania County. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014.
  10. ^ a b Shenk, Scott (15 June 2012). "VRE makes moves on Spotsylvania station, third track". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  11. ^ (PDF). Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  12. ^ a b Allen, Doug (17 May 2013). "Authorization to Award a Contract for Construction of the Spotsylvania Station Project". Virginia Railway Express. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  13. ^ Allen, Doug (15 March 2013). "AGENDA ITEM 8-A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM". Virginia Railway Express. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  14. ^ Shenk, Scott (15 March 2013). "Spotsylvania another step closer to new VRE station". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  15. ^ Shenk, Scott (21 June 2013). "VRE picks builder for Spotsylvania third track project". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  16. ^ a b Shenk, Scott (20 September 2013). "Spotsylvania VRE station opening pushed back". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  17. ^ Shenk, Scott (15 November 2013). "VRE station in Spotsy pushed back again". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  18. ^ Shenk, Scott (11 May 2014). . Fredericksburg News. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  19. ^ a b Shenk, Scott (29 July 2014). "Spotsy ready to roll on new VRE station". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  20. ^ a b (PDF). County of Spotsylvania, Procurement Division. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  21. ^ (PDF). County of Spotsylvania, Procurement Division. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  22. ^ Shenk, Scott (10 September 2014). "Contractor picked for VRE station lot project in Spotsy". The Lance Free-Star. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  23. ^ a b "Spotsylvania and VRE to Construct New Station" (PDF) (Press release). Virginia Railway Express. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  24. ^ Shenk, Scott (12 August 2014). "Officials break ground at Spotsylvania VRE station". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  25. ^ Shenk, Scott (21 March 2015). "VRE to cancel contract with third-track contractor". The Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  26. ^ a b Shenk, Scott (9 July 2015). "Spotsylvania VRE station expected to open in late summer: DESPITE SETBACKS, SPOTSY DEPOT COULD BE READY FOR COMMUTERS BY SEPTEMBER". Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  27. ^ Shenk, Scott (16 November 2015). "First VRE trains leave new Spotsylvania station". Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  28. ^ Shenk, Scott (11 April 2016). "VRE third track expected to open this month". Free Lance-Star. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  29. ^ Lazo, Luz (26 October 2015). "VRE's Spotsylvania station to open next month". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  30. ^ Taube, Richard K. (11 August 2008). "Chronology of the Virginia Railway Express: 1964 to Present" (PDF). Virginia Railway Express. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  31. ^ "Editorial: Riders, officials hail Spotsylvania's VRE station". Fredericksburg News. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  32. ^ "VRE Completes Spotsylvania Third Track Project". Fredericksburg Today. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  33. ^ Branscome, Jeff (22 May 2016). "VDOT and Spotsylvania agree to pay millions for VRE parking lot". Fredericksburg News. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  34. ^ a b Zehner, Dale (15 July 2012). "AGENDA ITEM 9-F ACTION ITEM". Virginia Railway Express. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  35. ^ (PDF). Commuter Update. Virginia Railway Express. August 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2013.

External links

  • VRE Spotsylvania Station
  • VRE project pages: Spotsylvania station and Crossroads to Hamilton (Spotsylvania Third Track)

January 26, 2023
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Spotsylvania is a commuter rail station on the Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg Line located off US Route 17 in Spotsylvania County Virginia about 5 miles 8 0 km south of downtown Fredericksburg in the unincorporated community of Olive with a Fredericksburg mailing address It opened on November 16 2015 the first extension of VRE service since its opening 1 2 SpotsylvaniaSpotsylvania station in April 2018 General informationLocation9442 Crossroads ParkwayOlive Fredericksburg VirginiaUnited StatesCoordinates38 13 17 N 77 26 28 W 38 2214 N 77 4410 W 38 2214 77 4410 Coordinates 38 13 17 N 77 26 28 W 38 2214 N 77 4410 W 38 2214 77 4410Owned bySpotsylvania CountyOperated byVirginia Railway ExpressLine s RF amp P SubdivisionPlatforms1 side platformTracks3ConstructionParking1 500 spaces 1 Disabled accessYesOther informationFare zone9HistoryOpenedNovember 16 2015 1 2 Passengers20151 300 daily expected 3 ServicesPreceding station Virginia Railway Express Following stationTerminus Fredericksburg Line Fredericksburgtoward Washington D C The station consists of a 700 foot 210 m long low level platform with a canopy and a small headhouse with restrooms 4 5 The station has 1500 parking spaces for commuters 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Initial plans 1 2 Joining VRE 1 3 Planning and delays 1 4 Construction 1 5 Opening 2 Funding 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditInitial plans Edit Since its opening in July 1992 the Fredericksburg Line had terminated at its namesake city Spotsylvania was not included in the 1992 VRE network because the county was not part of the original funding district 6 However the Fredericksburg lot served a substantial number of commuters from Spotsylvania County between 900 and 1000 daily by 2012 This caused capacity problems at the lot and prevented local residents from parking there 3 In 2004 VRE s Strategic Plan indicated the possibility of a station in Spotsylvania at a Route 17 site citing existing ridership from the county and the need for increased parking as well as noting that the extension could be constructed relatively cheaply allowing for near term implementation 6 Joining VRE Edit On August 18 2009 the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted to join VRE In September 2009 they additionally voted to join its associated funding district the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission PRTC 7 8 The North Virginia Transportation Commission NVTC approved the decision which included provisions for a VRE station in Spotsylvania in November 2009 and Spotsylvania joined VRE and the PRTC in February 2010 7 In August 2010 a Spotsylvania funded study indicated that a site just south of Route 17 was the optimum location for the station 7 The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors approved the site in October 2010 9 Planning and delays Edit The VRE board issued preliminary approval of the extension in June 2012 and devoted about 400 000 in VRE funds to the project 10 A Department of Environmental Quality public comment period regarding the third track lasted from January to February 2013 11 Design work started in June 2012 and was finished by March 2013 12 In March 2013 the VRE board voted to issue an invitation for bids due in May 2013 13 14 On May 17 the board issued a 2 349 million contract to Hammerhead Construction for station construction with work intended to begin in June 12 A 8 million contract for the third track was awarded in June 15 A 20 million contract with CSX Transportation was approved in September 2013 this signing allowed construction but work did not yet begin 16 The station was originally planned to open in December 2013 but this was delayed several times A completion date of March 2014 with the third track several months later was announced in September 2013 16 A later date of June 2014 was announced in November 2013 due to delays in negotiations as the owners of the property upon which the third track and parking lot will be built disputed the price they were to be paid for the land 17 Construction on the third track started in early 2014 but not on the parking lot and station due to a continued lack of agreement In May 2014 VDOT took over negotiations from the county as the state agency had more power of eminent domain 18 In July 2014 VDOT filed a certificate of take in a county court which the property owners consented to this allowed the land to be transferred even without a final agreement on the sale price 19 Bidding for the parking lot and roadway construction opened on July 25 2014 with bids due on August 27 20 19 21 The 7 3 million lowest bid was selected in September 2014 22 Construction Edit A groundbreaking ceremony was held on August 12 2014 23 By then the third track and station were to be complete by February 2015 but parking lot construction would take eight months to complete further delaying opening until July 2015 20 23 At the groundbreaking officials stated that the station might open as soon as December 2014 even if the parking lot was not yet complete but this did not come to fruition 24 In March 2015 the VRE board voted to terminate the 8 7 million contract with one company which had been working on the third track project due to numerous safety violations The termination was expected to delay the third track but not the station opening 25 Negotiations about the cost of the parking land failed in 2015 the case will go to trial in May 2016 26 By July 2015 the station was planned to open in September though work on the third track did not resume until August 2015 26 27 28 Opening Edit On October 26 2015 VRE announced that the station would open at the start of service on November 16 2015 2 29 The station saw full service on the 16th with a mid morning ribbon cutting ceremony 1 It was the first extension of VRE service since the system opened in 1992 but not the first station added to the system Lorton and Franconia Springfield opened as infill stations in the mid 1990s 30 During the first week of operations daily ridership at Spotsylvania averaged 550 boardings 31 The third track opened on May 17 2016 32 Later that month an agreement for a price of 3 million substantially higher than VRE s original offer was reached for the purchase of the parking lot property 33 Funding EditThe station itself cost 3 4 million to build while the associated 2 6 miles 4 2 km of third track with high speed crossovers cost 32 5 million 10 The project was funded by state funds and by Spotsylvania County 34 Funding for operations on the extension comes from Spotsylvania County 3 In August 2012 the county announced that revenues from bond sales would be used to fund the extension 35 VRE oversaw the design and construction of the station for the county 34 References Edit a b c d e Lazo Luz 15 November 2015 VRE Spotsylvania station to open Monday Washington Post Retrieved 16 November 2015 a b c VRE to Open New Spotsylvania VRE Station Press release Virginia Railway Express 26 October 2015 Retrieved 27 October 2015 a b c Weir Kytja 4 July 2012 VRE to expand into Spotsylvania County Washington Examiner STV Inc 27 March 2013 Spotsylvania Station PDF Virginia Railway Express Archived from the original PDF on 27 September 2013 Spotsylvania Opening Nov 16 2015 Virginia Railway Express Archived from the original on 17 November 2015 a b Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade amp Douglas Inc May 2004 Potential Network Expansion PDF VRE Strategic Plan pp 85 86 Archived from the original PDF on 14 April 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link a b c HDR Engineering 4 August 2010 Spotsylvania County VRE Commuter Rail Station Site Screening Analysis Final Technical Memorandum PDF Spotsylvania County Archived from the original PDF on 5 August 2014 Retrieved 17 January 2013 Anthony J Romanello amp Joseph L Howard 8 September 2009 Action Item Board of Supervisors PDF Stafford Board of Supervisors Retrieved 17 May 2013 Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors 26 October 2010 Agenda October 26 2010 Brief Update PDF Spotsylvania County Archived from the original PDF on 14 August 2014 a b Shenk Scott 15 June 2012 VRE makes moves on Spotsylvania station third track The Free Lance Star Retrieved 18 January 2013 Public Notice Environmental Project PDF Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Archived from the original PDF on 2 February 2013 Retrieved 18 January 2013 a b Allen Doug 17 May 2013 Authorization to Award a Contract for Construction of the Spotsylvania Station Project Virginia Railway Express Retrieved 17 May 2013 Allen Doug 15 March 2013 AGENDA ITEM 8 A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM Virginia Railway Express Retrieved 3 April 2013 Shenk Scott 15 March 2013 Spotsylvania another step closer to new VRE station Fredericksburg News Retrieved 17 November 2015 Shenk Scott 21 June 2013 VRE picks builder for Spotsylvania third track project Fredericksburg News Retrieved 25 June 2013 a b Shenk Scott 20 September 2013 Spotsylvania VRE station opening pushed back Fredericksburg News Retrieved 22 September 2013 Shenk Scott 15 November 2013 VRE station in Spotsy pushed back again Fredericksburg News Retrieved 15 November 2013 Shenk Scott 11 May 2014 GETTING THERE Spotsylvania VRE station stalled over parking lot Fredericksburg News Archived from the original on 1 June 2014 Retrieved 1 June 2014 a b Shenk Scott 29 July 2014 Spotsy ready to roll on new VRE station Fredericksburg News Retrieved 5 August 2014 a b INVITATION FOR BID IFB 14 03 21 Virginia Railway Express VRE Station Parking Lot amp Site Access Improvements Construction Project PDF County of Spotsylvania Procurement Division 25 July 2014 Archived from the original PDF on 5 August 2014 Retrieved 5 August 2014 Attachment A Bid Form Virginia Railway Express VRE Station Parking Lot Site Access Improvements Construction Project PDF County of Spotsylvania Procurement Division 25 July 2014 Archived from the original PDF on 5 August 2014 Retrieved 5 August 2014 Shenk Scott 10 September 2014 Contractor picked for VRE station lot project in Spotsy The Lance Free Star Retrieved 11 September 2014 a b Spotsylvania and VRE to Construct New Station PDF Press release Virginia Railway Express 6 August 2014 Retrieved 9 August 2014 Shenk Scott 12 August 2014 Officials break ground at Spotsylvania VRE station Fredericksburg News Retrieved 14 August 2014 Shenk Scott 21 March 2015 VRE to cancel contract with third track contractor The Free Lance Star Retrieved 21 March 2015 a b Shenk Scott 9 July 2015 Spotsylvania VRE station expected to open in late summer DESPITE SETBACKS SPOTSY DEPOT COULD BE READY FOR COMMUTERS BY SEPTEMBER Free Lance Star Retrieved 11 July 2015 Shenk Scott 16 November 2015 First VRE trains leave new Spotsylvania station Free Lance Star Retrieved 16 November 2015 Shenk Scott 11 April 2016 VRE third track expected to open this month Free Lance Star Retrieved 12 April 2016 Lazo Luz 26 October 2015 VRE s Spotsylvania station to open next month Washington Post Retrieved 27 October 2015 Taube Richard K 11 August 2008 Chronology of the Virginia Railway Express 1964 to Present PDF Virginia Railway Express Retrieved 16 November 2015 Editorial Riders officials hail Spotsylvania s VRE station Fredericksburg News 22 November 2015 Retrieved 23 November 2015 VRE Completes Spotsylvania Third Track Project Fredericksburg Today 18 May 2016 Retrieved 20 May 2016 Branscome Jeff 22 May 2016 VDOT and Spotsylvania agree to pay millions for VRE parking lot Fredericksburg News Retrieved 22 May 2016 a b Zehner Dale 15 July 2012 AGENDA ITEM 9 F ACTION ITEM Virginia Railway Express Retrieved 17 January 2013 Spotsylvania Va PDF Commuter Update Virginia Railway Express August 2012 Archived from the original PDF on 20 January 2013 External links EditVRE Spotsylvania Station VRE project pages Spotsylvania station and Crossroads to Hamilton Spotsylvania Third Track Site analysis study and preliminary design drawings Final construction drawings 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