VRE ridership soars again

Published July 25, 2012 4:00am ET



Virginia Railway Express logged record ridership last year, as the service celebrates 20 years of shuttling riders from Northern Virginia to D.C. jobs.

The commuter train service’s ridership grew by 5.6 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30 from the previous year, jumping from 4.5 million trips to 4.8 million, according to the chief executive officer’s monthly report.

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