Manassas (Amtrak station)

Manassas Amtrak station VREX commuter rail station
The Cardinal arrives at Manassas.
Station statistics
Address	9500 West Street Manassas, VA[1]
Coordinates	38°45′00″N 77°28′22″W / 38.7501°N 77.4728°W / 38.7501; -77.4728Coordinates: 38°45′00″N 77°28′22″W / 38.7501°N 77.4728°W / 38.7501; -77.4728
Lines	Amtrak:   Cardinal   Crescent   Northeast Regional VRE:   Manassas Line
Connections	OmniRide & OmniLink
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bicycle facilities	Yes: Bicycle Racks
Other information
Opened	1914
Rebuilt	1997
Accessible
Code	MSS
Owned by	City of Manassas
Fare zone	6 (VRE)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2010)	16,239[2]  76% (Amtrak)
Services
Ticket Vending machines(VRE) 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/Airport Terminus Manassas Line Manassas Park toward Union Station

The Manassas (Amtrak station) is located at 9431 West Street 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.

Station in pop 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.

Routes

• Amtrak: Cardinal
• Amtrak: Crescent
• Amtrak: Northeast Regional^[3]
• Virginia Railway Express: Manassas Line

Bus connections

OmniRide Commuter

• Manassas Metro Direct
• OmniLink Manassas

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "MANASSAS VIRGINIA (MSS)". TrainWeb. http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/manassas.htm. Retrieved 26 June 2010. 
2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2010, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2010. http://www.amtrak.com/pdf/factsheets/VIRGINIA10.pdf. Retrieved 2011-1-6. 
3. ^ "Amtrak Virginia announces new Northeast Regional service". http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1189639711179&ssid=180. 

External links

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

A VRE train enters the station, lead by a EMD GP40.