Manassas station is a train station in Manassas, Virginia. It was originally built by the Southern Railway in 1914.[citation needed] Today it serves as a station along the Virginia Railway Express Manassas Line, as well as a stop on Amtrak's Cardinal, Crescent, and Northeast Regional train routes.[3]
History
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.[4][5]
The present station was constructed in October 1914.[4] 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][6]
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.[7] The station can also be seen in the music video for the Steve Winwood song Back in the High Life Again.[8]
References
- ^ "MANASSAS VIRGINIA (MSS)". TrainWeb. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ "Amtrak Virginia announces new Northeast Regional service". Archived from the original on September 27, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Manassas, VA (MSS)". Great American Stations. Archived from the original on October 21, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Manassas Station". Virginia Railway Express. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Manassas, VA (MSS)". Amtrak. Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ "Manassas by Stephen Stills Album Cover Location". History Of Rock Music. December 19, 2015. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Korst, Lindsay (March 1, 2020). "Back in the High Life Again 1986". More Obscure Train Movies. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
External links
Media related to Manassas station at Wikimedia Commons
- Manassas, VA – Amtrak
- Manassas, VA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- VRE – Manassas
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