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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

View Counter Data
110 Trail
665
14th Street Bridge
2209
Arlington Mill Trail
230
Ballston Connector
187
Bluemont Connector
271
CC Connector
615
Clarendon EB bike lane
0
Custis Bon Air Park
764
Custis Rosslyn
1069
Eads NB
43
Eads SB
20
Fairfax EB bike lane
118
Fairfax WB
101
Joyce St NB
117
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
893
Key Bridge West
347
Military NB bike lane
29
Military SB bike lane
10
MVT Airport South
1676
Quincy NB bike lane
79
Quincy SB bike lane
79
Roosevelt Bridge
331
Rosslyn Bikeometer
1061
TR Island Bridge
484
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
0
WOD Columbia Pike
637
Wilson WB bike lane
190

Peds counted

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110 Trail
0
14th Street Bridge
789
Arlington Mill Trail
1472
Ballston Connector
405
Bluemont Connector
1157
CC Connector
555
Custis Bon Air Park
560
Custis Rosslyn
666
Eads NB
0
Eads SB
0
Fairfax WB
0
Joyce St NB
102
Joyce St SB
4
Key Bridge East
2171
Key Bridge West
676
MVT Airport South
371
Roosevelt Bridge
0
TR Island Bridge
696
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
0
WOD Columbia Pike
614

All counters, YTD

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Year to Date
1120468