Backlick Road
Station shelter in 2020
General information
Location6900 Hechinger Drive
Springfield, VA
United States
Coordinates38°47′49″N 77°11′02″W / 38.79694°N 77.18389°W / 38.79694; -77.18389
Line(s)Norfolk Southern Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Fairfax Connector: 321, 322, 401, 402
Bus transport Metrobus: 18J
Construction
Parking220 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle racks
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Opened1992[1]
Passengers
Around 150 per weekday
Services
Preceding station Virginia Railway Express Following station
Rolling Road
toward Broad Run
 Manassas Line Alexandria
toward Washington, D.C.

Backlick Road station is located at 6900 Hechinger Drive in Springfield, Virginia. The station serves the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line on weekdays.

In 2023, it served about 150 riders per day, the lowest of any VRE station.[2] Consequently, only some Manassas Line trains stop at the station; it is bypassed by two inbound trains and one outbound train each day.

The station serves a right-of-way first laid down in the 1840s by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The O&A's Springfield station, which stood on or near the site of today's facility, was briefly seized by Confederate troops in 1861, recaptured by Union troops, and raided again the following year. The current structure was built in 1992, one of the VRE's original stations.[3]

The right-of-way passed via successor railroads to its current owner, Norfolk Southern.[3] Additional trackage rights are held by VRE and Amtrak, whose Cardinal and Crescent trains pass through Backlick Road station but do not stop there.

Station layout

G Track 2 ←      Cardinal,      Crescent,      Northeast Regional do not stop here →
Track 1 ←      Cardinal,      Crescent,      Northeast Regional do not stop here →
←      Manassas Line toward Broad Run (Rolling Road)
     Manassas Line toward Union Station (Alexandria) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left, right
Ground level Exit/entrance, ticket machines, park and ride, buses

References

  1. ↑ Fehr, Stephen; Sanchez, Carlos (18 June 1992). "Getting On Track". Washington Post. ProQuest 408134230. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230802164134/https://vre.org/sites/vre/assets/File/2023_Passenger_Survey_Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2023-10-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 Peniston, Bradley. "Springfield's Rail History". www.vre.org. Virginia Railway Express. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
Station platform
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