Manassas Park is (as of 2025) an under construction VRE station since a 540-space parking garage is being constructed across the two tracks from the station platform. When I visited in 2024 this literally meant that the platform was split into two, with a car in the middle of the train not opening. This gap is because of a bridge that is being constructed with stairs/elevators up down to the platform connecting to the third story of the parking garage. The rest of this summary is going to ignore the parking garage and describe the station it its pre-parking garage state.
The Manassas Park Station contains a single low-level platform along the two-track former Southern Railway. This platform begins 350 feet northeast of the grade-crossing of Manassas Drive. There is a non-accessible sidewalk connection from Manassas Drive with a flight of gentle steps leading down to the edge of the station's 616 space parking lot. This parking lot is at a grade lower than the station platform with a single entrance from Railroad Drive that arrives beneath the edge of the platform at a roundabout that also includes a bus loop.
Access to the platform is via four flights of stairs down from the platform at regular intervals, there is also a switch-backing ramp towards the southern end of the platform, by the main entrance. This is where the station’s TVMs are, along with a one car long canopy. There is a second canopy structure of a similar length towards the northern end of the platform. The platform also contains four silver bus-stop style shelters to supplement the poor proper canopy coverage.
Photos 1-70: September 6, 2024;
Approaching the station and parking garage under construction out the front window of a Washington-bound train
Entering the station for a few passengers, passing one of two sections of platform canopy
Passing a pedestrian grade-crossing in the middle of a missing section of the platform
Stepping off the last car of a Broad Run-bound train
Looking down to the other section of the platform
Gallery IV Car #V718 keeps its door closed because this section of the platform is closed
Gallery IV Cab Car #V720 leaves
Gallery IV Cab Car #V720 curves out of the station
fencing above barriers by the closed section of platform
Looking out to a wooden barrier beyond the larger barrier of the platform
Looking down on a dirt pile that will be a staircase elevator to a bridge to the parking garage under construction
A line of silver shelters in the middle of the platform
A simple (non-hostile) exposed platform bench
A silver shelter and platform canopy, across from some apartments
A silver shelter and northern section of canopy
A bench behind a windscreen under the platform canopy
A VRE diamond sign in the middle of one section of canopy
A diamond (hard to read from a train) Manassas Park sign
Approaching the end of the smaller section of platform canopy
Approaching the staircase down to the parking lot at the northeastern end of the platform
Last Updated: June 3 , 2025
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