MIDDAY STORAGE . VRE has “temporarily” used Ivy City Coach Yard since 1992 – Insufficient today • Restricts further growth – Will diminish to zero • Agreement allows reduction in VRE storage starting July 2018 . Washington Terminal Yard Master Plan – Amtrak - VRE collaboration – VRE storage needed for new Amtrak high-speed trains – VRE looking at immediate and longer-term solutions
VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 2 MIDDAY STORAGE TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT L'ENFANT STORAGE TRACKS
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. Convert existing side tracks to midday VRE storage ‒ Add wayside power appliances for trains during layover Existing tracks ‒ Storage for three trainsets Existing platform ‒ Allows for longer trainsets using new rolling stock New storage tracks . Open for service by late 2017 . Will be converted to a fourth mainline track when permanent midday storage facility is complete. VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 3 MIDDAY STORAGE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT NEW YORK AVENUE STORAGE FACILITY
. 13 trainsets (all tracks for 9 or 10-car consists) . Addresses “Core” State-of-Good-Repair needs . Minimizes impact on New York Av NE right-of-way ‒ Subsurface tie-backs for retaining wall ‒ Temporary construction easements . Adds operating capacity to the Amtrak NEC . Longer storage tracks supports longer train consists ‒ Allows System Plan 2040 “Phase 1” growth VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 4 Not to Scale L’ENFANT STATION & FOURTH TRACK
WMATA Main Entrance Eliminate Ramp
New WMATA Elevators (2)
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New VRE Elevator
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D St SW . Expand and extend the existing platform Existing CSXT tracks . Add fourth track between VA and LE interlockings Existing platform ‒ A second track serving L’Enfant Station platform New fourth track . Improve ADA accessibility/connectivity to Metro New platform construction . Key design issues to be resolved: ‒ Avoiding encroachment on Hancock Park (Reservation #113) ‒ Highway clearances for new bridges over 6th & 7th Streets SW VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 5 CRYSTAL CITY STATION & FOURTH TRACK
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. Three location options under consideration Existing CSXT tracks New fourth CSXT track . Expand and extend the existing platform Existing platform . Add fourth track between RO and AF interlockings WMATA Metrorail track ‒ A second track serving Crystal City Station platform WMATA Metroway lane . Improve regional intermodal connectivity ‒ Metrorail, Metroway, local bus, shuttles . Improve local connectivity VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS ‒ Bicycle and walk access 6 ALEXANDRIA STATION IMPROVEMENTS
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T U N N E L . Eliminate existing at-grade track crossing . Provide ADA accessible tunnel between Metro and all station platforms . Provide passenger access to trains on Track 1 ‒ New crossover at Slaters Lane . Raise, expand and extend the East Platform . Raise West Platform VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 7 FRANCONIA-SPRINGFIELD STATION IMPROVEMENTS
New Barry Drive Access
Barry Existing CSXT tracks Drive New CSXT third track . Expand East Platform for new third track Existing platform . Extend both platforms for full-length trains New platform construction Future platform extension . Improve Barry Drive Access WMATA Metrorail track
VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 8 MANASSAS LINE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS
. In 2015, VRE began a study to improve . VRE now looking at: Manassas Line service and ridership ‒ Parking expansions at Broad Run and . Manassas Park The study concluded that operating ‒ Yard expansion for more and longer trains more and longer Manassas Line trains ‒ New tracks to reduce VRE-NS freight conflicts would attract 5,100 new passenger ‒ Platform extensions at Rolling Road and trips Backlick stations ‒ More passenger railcars
VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS 9 FREDERICKSBURG LINE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS . $93 million State Smart Scale grant: ‒ 11 new passenger coaches (1320 additional seats) ‒ Alexandria pedestrian tunnel/Metrorail connection ‒ Quantico platform extension and pedestrian bridge ‒ Brooke and Leeland Road platform extensions ‒ Leeland Road parking expansion (225 new spaces) ‒ Crossroad Yard expansion (more and longer trains) . Other Fredericksburg Line improvements: ‒ Franconia-Springfield platform expansion and extension ‒ New second platforms at Lorton, Rippon, Quantico, Brooke, and Leeland Road stations ‒ Nine miles of third track under construction ‒ 17 miles of additional track funded through design
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