VRE sets multiple ridership records

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The Virginia Railway Express commuter rail is operating at record levels, reaching its highest single-day ridership at the beginning of January and its highest yearly totalin 2009.

The commuter train agency set the records consecutively in both cases. VRE had its highest daily ridership on Jan. 6, with 18,629 passenger trips, and its second-highest total on Jan. 5, with 18,315 trips. VRE broke its yearly record in 2008 with a ridership of about 3.8 million, then again in 2009, with a total of about 3.9 million.

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