Manassas station is a train station in

Manassas, Virginia Manassas (), formerly Manassas Junction, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate jurisdi ...

. 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

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's , , and train routes.

History

The first Manassas station was a small log building where the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and the

Manassas Gap Railroad The Manassas Gap Railroad (MGRR) ran from Mount Jackson, Virginia, to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad's Manassas Junction, which later became the city of Manassas, Virginia. Chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1850, the MGRR was a na ...

intersected. In 1904, the building was replaced with a brick passenger station. This station caught fire on June 25, 1914 and was destroyed. 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. The station appears on the cover of Manassas's 1972 self-titled double album. The image depicts musicians

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and Stephen Stills standing on the north end of the then- Southern Railway depot. The station can also be seen in the music video for the Steve Winwood song

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References

External links

VRE – Manassas
Buildings and structures in Manassas, Virginia Amtrak stations in Virginia Transportation in Virginia Virginia Railway Express stations Stations along Southern Railway lines in the United States Railway stations in the United States opened in 1914 1914 establishments in Virginia Former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stations {{Virginia-railstation-stub