Rippon | |||||||||
Style: | Virginia Railway Express | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 38.6124°N -77.2534°W | ||||||||
Line: | RF&P Subdivision (CSXT) | ||||||||
Tracks: | 2 | ||||||||
Parking: | 676 free spaces | ||||||||
Opened: | 1992[1] | ||||||||
Accessible: | Yes | ||||||||
Code: | RIP | ||||||||
Zone: | 5 | ||||||||
Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||
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Rippon station is a Virginia Railway Express station located at 15511 Farm Creek Drive in Woodbridge, Virginia. The station, one of two VRE stations in Woodbridge, is located at a southerly dead end, and is named for the closest and last intersection with Farm Creek Drive. It serves the Fredericksburg Line and shares the right-of-way with Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, Silver Star, Palmetto, Auto Train, and Carolinian trains; however, no Amtrak trains stop here. Rippon station is located along the west side of the Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge.[2]
Rippon has one low-level side platform serving Virginia Railway Express on both tracks. Amtrak's Northeast Regional, Silver Star, Silver Meteor, Palmetto, Carolinian, and Auto Train services pass through the station without stopping.