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Crystal City station (VRE)

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The project was awarded $ 18.8 million in state funding in June 2023, completing the $ 50 million in funds needed for the station. An environmental assessment for the airport connection was released in July 2023. The preferred alternative was a footbridge connecting to the south entrance of the VRE
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Preliminary engineering for the station began in late 2019. As of January 2021, final design was expected to last from January 2021 to August 2022, with construction from November 2022 to October 2024. In May 2022, Amtrak and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority reached an agreement to add a
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serving two tracks, with grade-separated access to the platform. An alternatives analysis released in November 2017 analyzed three possible sites. All three sites would allow for a future pedestrian bridge or tunnel to
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to give direct airport access from the station and Crystal City. The preferred location was slightly south of the current station, with the platform stretching from 18th Street to south of 20th Street.
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Crystal City station represents an "operational bottleneck" for VRE: the single 400-foot (120 m)-long platform is shorter than 700-foot (210 m) trains and forces all trains to use one track.
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separate Amtrak platform at the station. The station will be constructed with a single 850-foot (260 m)-long island platform with a low-level section for VRE and a high-level section for Amtrak.
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The station has a single side platform located on the west side of the three tracks of the RF&P Subdivision.
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Environmental Assessment Crystal City to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Multimodal Connection
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Virginia Railway Express Crystal City Station Improvements Alternatives Analysis
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Crystal City station was used by 18% of VRE riders in 2017.
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The existing platform only serves one of the three tracks
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Index

Washington Metro
Crystal City station (Washington Metro)

Manassas Line
Arlington County, Virginia
38°51′34″N 77°02′54″W / 38.85944°N 77.04833°W / 38.85944; -77.04833
CSX
RF&P Subdivision
side platform

Washington Metro


Crystal City
Arlington Transit
Arlington Transit
Fairfax Connector
Fairfax Connector
Metrobus (Washington, D.C.
Metrobus
10N
23A, 23B
Metroway
Metroway
18th & Crystal
PRTC OmniRide
PRTC OmniRide

Virginia Railway Express
Alexandria

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