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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
591
14th Street Bridge
1637
Arlington Mill Trail
255
Ballston Connector
0
Bluemont Connector
283
CC Connector
586
Clarendon EB bike lane
258
Custis Bon Air Park
978
Custis Rosslyn
1109
Eads NB
105
Eads SB
138
Fairfax EB bike lane
135
Fairfax WB
165
Joyce St NB
5
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
1051
Key Bridge West
719
Military NB bike lane
25
Military SB bike lane
25
MVT Airport South
1695
Quincy NB bike lane
134
Quincy SB bike lane
100
Roosevelt Bridge
365
Rosslyn Bikeometer
1072
TR Island Bridge
837
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
0
WOD Columbia Pike
831
Wilson WB bike lane
163

Peds counted

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110 Trail
376
14th Street Bridge
278
Arlington Mill Trail
559
Ballston Connector
742
Bluemont Connector
1107
CC Connector
493
Custis Bon Air Park
641
Custis Rosslyn
613
Eads NB
0
Eads SB
0
Fairfax WB
0
Joyce St NB
7
Joyce St SB
0
Key Bridge East
2087
Key Bridge West
659
MVT Airport South
337
Roosevelt Bridge
193
TR Island Bridge
946
WOD Bon Air Park
0
WOD Bon Air West
0
WOD Columbia Pike
613

All counters, YTD

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Year to Date
4788817