| Style: | Amtrak | ||||||||||
| Manassas, VA | |||||||||||
| Address: | 9500 West Street[1] | ||||||||||
| Borough: | Manassas, Virginia | ||||||||||
| Country: | United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 38.7501°N -77.4728°W | ||||||||||
| Line: | NS Washington District | ||||||||||
| Connections: | OmniLink: MN Cross County Connector | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle: | Racks | ||||||||||
| Opened: | 1914 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt: | 1997 | ||||||||||
| Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Owned: | City of Manassas | ||||||||||
| Zone: | 6 (VRE) | ||||||||||
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes | ||||||||||
| Other Services Header: | Former services | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Manassas station is a train station in Manassas, Virginia. It was originally built by the Southern Railway in 1914. Today it serves as a station along the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line, as well as a stop on Amtrak's,, and train routes.[2]
The first Manassas station was a small log building where the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and the Manassas Gap Railroad intersected. In 1904, the building was replaced with a brick passenger station. This station caught fire on June 25, 1914 and was destroyed.[3]
The present station was constructed in October 1914. The city bought the depot from Norfolk Southern Railway in the 1990s and renovated it under the direction of The Manassas Museum System. Workers restored the original 1914 paint colors, repointed brick, laid new plaster, overhauled mechanical systems and installed reproductions of original doors and light fixtures. A tile roof similar to the original was also installed. The $575,000 project was completed in 1997. Today the depot has a waiting room and also houses a tourist information center and the James & Marion Payne Memorial Railroad Exhibition Gallery.[4] [5]
The station appears on the cover of Manassas's 1972 self-titled double album. The image depicts musicians Chris Hillman and Stephen Stills standing on the north end of the then-Southern Railway depot.[6] The station can also be seen in the music video for the Steve Winwood song Back in the High Life Again.[7]