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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
802
14th Street Bridge
2145
Arlington Mill Trail
353
Ballston Connector
0
Bluemont Connector
403
CC Connector
796
Clarendon EB bike lane
219
Custis Bon Air Park
1252
Custis Rosslyn
1330
Eads NB
49
Eads SB
76
Fairfax EB bike lane
145
Fairfax WB
130
Joyce St NB
76
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
1306
Key Bridge West
655
Military NB bike lane
58
Military SB bike lane
45
MVT Airport South
2873
Quincy NB bike lane
126
Quincy SB bike lane
84
Roosevelt Bridge
402
Rosslyn Bikeometer
1365
TR Island Bridge
1445
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
0
WOD Columbia Pike
1447
Wilson WB bike lane
229

Peds counted

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110 Trail
565
14th Street Bridge
0
Arlington Mill Trail
673
Ballston Connector
838
Bluemont Connector
1018
CC Connector
686
Custis Bon Air Park
736
Custis Rosslyn
756
Eads NB
0
Eads SB
0
Fairfax WB
0
Joyce St NB
72
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
2856
Key Bridge West
644
MVT Airport South
670
Roosevelt Bridge
2
TR Island Bridge
1858
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
0
WOD Columbia Pike
575

All counters, YTD

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Year to Date
1481818