Manassas station

Manassas
The Cardinal arrives at Manassas.
Location	9500 West Street Manassas, VA[1] United States
Coordinates	38°45′00″N 77°28′22″W / 38.7501°N 77.4728°WCoordinates: 38°45′00″N 77°28′22″W / 38.7501°N 77.4728°W
Owned by	City of Manassas
Line(s)	Norfolk Southern Railway
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	PRTC
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MSS
Fare zone	6 (VRE)
History
Opened	1914
Rebuilt	1997
Traffic
Passengers (FY2014)	29,104 annually[2]  0.12% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Culpeper toward Chicago Cardinal Alexandria toward New York City Culpeper toward New Orleans Crescent Culpeper toward Lynchburg Northeast Regional Burke Centre toward Boston South Station or Springfield Virginia Railway Express Broad Run Terminus Manassas Line Manassas Park toward Union Station   Proposed service   Preceding station   Transdominion Express   Following station Culpeper toward Bristol Washington-Bristol Line Alexandria toward Washington, D.C. Preceding station   Virginia Railway Express   Following station Sudley Manor toward Haymarket Haymarket Line Manassas Park toward Union Station

Manassas is a train station in Manassas, Virginia. It was originally built by the Southern Railway in 1914^[1] and today serves as the penultimate station along the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line, as well as a stop on three Amtrak trains: the Cardinal, the Crescent, and the Northeast Regional.^[3] It is located at 9431 West Street.

A VRE train enters the station, led by an EMD GP40.

The city bought the depot from Norfolk Southern Railway in the 1990s and renovated it under the direction of The Manassas Museum System. Workers restored the original 1914 paint colors, repointed brick, laid new plaster, overhauled mechanical systems and installed reproductions of original doors and light fixtures. A tile roof similar to the original was also installed. The $575,000 project was completed in 1997. Today the depot has a waiting room and also houses a tourist information center and the James & Marion Payne Memorial Railroad Exhibition Gallery. ^[4]

In popular culture

The cover of the Manassas double album, released in 1972 by the Chris Hillman and Stephen Stills band of the same name, showed the musicians standing on the north end of the then-Southern Railway depot.

Bus connections

PRTC

• Manassas Metro Direct
• OmniLink Manassas

References

1. "MANASSAS VIRGINIA (MSS)". TrainWeb. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2014, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. November 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
3. "Amtrak Virginia announces new Northeast Regional service".
4. "Manassas, VA station". Great American Stations. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

External links

Media related to Manassas (Amtrak station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Amtrak – Stations – Manassas Train Station
• Manassas (MSS) Great American Stations (Amtrak)
• VRE - Manassas Train Station