Rippon station is a Virginia Railway Express station located at 15511 Farm Creek Drive in Woodbridge, Virginia. The station, one of two VRE stations in Woodbridge, is located at a southerly dead end, and is named for the closest and last intersection with Farm Creek Drive. It serves the Fredericksburg Line and shares the right-of-way with Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Palmetto, Auto Train, and Carolinian trains; however, no Amtrak trains stop here.[citation needed] Rippon station is located along the west side of the Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge.[2]
Rippon | ||||||||||||
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 Station footbridge over the tracks from the parking lot | ||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||
| Location | 15511 Farm Creek Drive Woodbridge, Virginia United States | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°36′45″N 77°15′12″W / 38.6124°N 77.2534°W | |||||||||||
| Owned by | Virginia Railway Express | |||||||||||
| Line(s) | RF&P Subdivision (CSXT) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Parking | 676 free spaces | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Station code | RIP | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | 5 | |||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||
| Opened | 1992[1] | |||||||||||
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Rippon has one low-level side platform serving Virginia Railway Express on both tracks.
References
edit- ^ Fehr & Sanchez (June 18, 1992). "Getting On Track". Washington Post. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Rippon & Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge". VRE. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
External links
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