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Potomac Shores station is a future Virginia Railway Express station located in Dumfries, Virginia. The station will serve the Fredericksburg Line and is expected to open in 2023.[1] As of April 2021, a construction contract was expected to be awarded late 2021, and construction is expected to take roughly eighteen months.[2]

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2021)

Potomac Shores
General information
Location	Dumfries, VA United States
Coordinates	38°34′22″N 77°15′49″W
Line(s)	RF&P Subdivision (CSXT)
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opening	2023 (expected)
Services
Preceding station Virginia Railway Express Following station Future service Quantico toward Spotsylvania Fredericksburg Line Rippon toward Washington, D.C.

History

The station is being built as part of a residential community. It shares the right-of-way on the CSX RF&P Subdivision with Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Palmetto, Auto Train, and Carolinian trains; however, no Amtrak trains are planned to stop here. The station was first announced in 2013 with the approval of the Potomac Shores residential community, and originally planned to open in 2017. The design of the station has changed over the decade to accommodate planned expansions of the rail line (such as the new passenger bridge parallel to the existing Long Bridge) and VRE service.

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