VIRGINIA RAILWAY EXPRESS SYSTEM PLAN 2040 UPDATE Citizens Transportation Advisory Group Meeting September 16, 2015 1 VRE SYSTEM PLAN 2040 Identifies needs for next 25 years Identifies projects, initiatives, funding, partners Provides for phased expansion Moves VRE from commuter rail to REGIONAL RAIL . Addresses growing markets ‒ Peak commuting to DC/NoVA . Addresses new markets ‒ Reverse peak/off-peak travel 2 PROJECTED GROWTH IN RIDERSHIP System Plan 2040 Current Trend 3 Present AM Peak Boardings & Alightings RIDERSHIP . Presently 19,000 trips . Destination Stations (L’Enfant, Crystal City, Union Station, Alexandria) Key Attributes: ‒ Proximity to offices (especially Pentagon, Roslyn) ‒ Connections to Metro Boardings . Origin Stations Alightings Key Attributes: ‒ Parking ‒ Population ‒ Highway Access 4 Present AM Peak Projected 2040 AM Peak Boardings & Alightings BoardingsL’Enfant & Alightings Crystal City Union Station Alexandria • Destination Stations • Proximity to offices • Connections to Metro Boardings • Rosslyn, PentagonBoardings Alightings Alightings • Origin Stations • Parking • Population • Accessibility 5 Present AM Peak Projected Change in Boardings & Alightings 2040L’Enfant AM Peak Boardings Crystal City Union Station Alexandria • Destination Stations • Proximity to offices • Connections to Metro Change in Boardings Boardings • Rosslyn, Pentagon Alightings Less than 25% increase • Origin Stations 25% to 50% increase • Parking More than 50% increase • Population Alightings • Accessibility 6 VRE SYSTEM PLAN 2040 Adding rail capacity is the key PHASE 1: Run Longer Trains . More railcars . More station parking . More train storage tracks . Second & longer platforms PHASE 2 & 3: Run More Trains Earn additional train slots through capacity improvements . Third/fourth track on CSXT . Long Bridge . More parking, railcars Gainesville-Haymarket Extension 7 CURRENTLY ACTIVE 1 FAMPO AREA PROJECTS MAP LEAD PROJECT DESCRIPTION # AGENCY ❶ ADDITIONAL TRACK (PC to ND) VaDRPT ❷ BROOKE STATION IMPROVEMENTS PP VRE* 3 2 # ❸ ADDITIONAL TRACK (ND to HA) VaDRPT # # ❹ LEELAND RD STATION IMPROVEMENTS PP VRE* 4 ❺ FREDERICKSBURG STATION IMPROVEMENTS VRE* 5 ❻ ADDITIONAL TRACK (HA to XR) VRE SPOTSYLVANIA STATION PLATFORM VRE* ❼ SPOTSYLVANIA SPOTSYLVANIA PARKING LOT COUNTY 6 ❽ LIFECYCLE OVERHAUL & UPGRADE FACILITY VRE 7 8 ❾ CROSSROAD MSF STORAGE EXPANSION VRE 9 PP – INCLUDED IN PENTA-PLATFORM PROGRAM * – NON-SYSTEM PROJECT (Jurisdiction responsible for local share of costs) 8 SPOTSYLVANIA STATION IMPROVEMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION . Service: VRE . Number of Platforms: 1 . Platform Length(s): 680 feet (8 cars) . Parking: 1500 spaces 9 LEELAND ROAD STATION IMPROVEMENTS CURRENT CONDITIONS . Service: VRE . Number of Platforms: 1 . Platform Length(s): 405 feet (5 cars) . Parking: 997 spaces (pending loss of 156 spaces) 10 LEELAND ROAD STATION IMPROVEMENTS ALTERNATIVE 1 ALTERNATIVE 2 (NOT RECOMMENDED) (RECOMMENDED) PENDING CIP IMPROVEMENTS . Expand existing platform to 650 feet (8 cars) . Add 650-foot second platform (CSXT-VRE MOU requirement) . Estimated Costs: PE/FD: $1,400,000 Construction: $12,600,000 Total: $14,000,000 . Programmed Funding: PE/FD: REF15 $685,000 Construction: REF16 $2,700,000 REF17 $2,916,000 REF18 $2,700,000 CMAQ21 $262,000 Total: $9,264,300 . Unfunded: $4,735,70011 LEELAND ROAD STATION IMPROVEMENTS OTHER IMPROVEMENTS . Projected parking demand (2027) 1500 spaces (+503 spaces) – +659 spaces after 156 spaces lost to development – Requires structured parking . No cost estimate . No programmed funding Plan for surface parking expansion yields 1000 spaces, less than the 1500 spaces projected by demand. 12 BROOKE STATION IMPROVEMENTS CURRENT CONDITIONS . Service: VRE . Number of Platforms: 1 . Platform Length(s): 401 feet (5 cars) . Parking: 720 spaces 13 BROOKE STATION IMPROVEMENTS ALTERNATIVE 1 ALTERNATIVE 2 (RECOMMENDED) (NOT RECOMMENDED) PENDING CIP IMPROVEMENTS . Expand existing platform to 650 feet (8 cars) . Add 650-foot second platform (CSXT-VRE MOU requirement) . Estimated Costs: PE/NEPA/FD: $1,450,000 Construction: $13,100,000 Total: $14,650,000 . Programmed Funding: PE/FD: REF15 $685,800 Construction: REF16 $2,700,000 REF17 $2,916,000 REF18 $2,700,000 CMAQ21 $262,500 Total: $9,264,300 . Unfunded: $5,385,70014 BROOKE STATION IMPROVEMENTS OTHER IMPROVEMENTS . Projected parking demand (2025) 1175 spaces (+455 spaces) – Analysis needed to determine if expansion of surface parking will suffice – Structured parking may be required . No cost estimate . No programmed funding Plan for surface parking expansion yields 1000 spaces, less than the 1500 spaces projected by demand. 15 FREDERICKSBURG STATION IMPROVEMENTS CURRENT CONDITIONS . Service: VRE, Amtrak, FRED . Number of Platforms: 2 . Platform Length(s): 420/517 feet (5/7 cars) . Parking: 810 spaces (236 leased/200 gravel) 16 FREDERICKSBURG STATION IMPROVEMENTS PENDING CIP IMPROVEMENTS PLATFORMS PARKING . Expanding Track 2 platform from . Projected parking demand (2027) 5 to 7 car-lengths 1100 spaces (+600 spaces) – Funded through State of – 850 space garage Good Repair funds – Pave Lot G (150 surface spaces) – Work to begin in by the end – Eliminate leased surface lots of 2015 . Estimated Costs: – Cost of extending both PE/FD: $3,000,000 platforms to 8 car-lengths Construction: $27,000,000 cost-prohibitive Total: $30,000,000 . Programmed Funding: PE/FD: CMAQ21 $517,000 Construction: Total: $517,000 . Unfunded: $29,483,000 17 UPCOMING ACTIVITIES . Near Term – Execute platform extension at Fredericksburg – Execute PE and NEPA for platform improvements shortfalls at Brooke and Leeland Road (Penta-Platforms) – Identify sources to fund platform improvements shortfalls at Brooke and Leeland Road – Analyze how best to optimize parking and traffic for Fredericksburg . Mid-Term – Develop parking strategy for Leeland and Brooke (surface vs. garage) – Execute PE and NEPA for Fredericksburg parking expansion . Long Term – Expand platforms to 10 cars as needed – Execute parking expansion at Brooke, Leeland Road and Fredericksburg 18 T. R. Hickey Chief Development Officer 703-838-5428 [email protected] 19 .