January 16, 2009: Richmond Times-Dispatch "Rail service sold out for swearing-in"
Submitted by VHSR on January 16, 2009 - 3:00am.
Rail News
Commuter rail service from Fredericksburg is sold out for Inauguration Day, as travelers look for ways to enter and leave the nation's capital without a vehicle.
The Virginia Railway Express sold its last ticket yesterday for 15 trains scheduled to run each way on Tuesday, when two major interstates and all of the bridges to Washington will be closed to personal vehicles.
About 17,500 people have tickets to ride VRE trains that day from Fredericksburg or other stations on the system's two train lines from the Virginia suburbs into Washington.