The car was trying to cut in front of the train on Cherry Hill Road and didn’t make it in time, said VRE spokesman Mark Roeber. No one was injured on the train or in the car. He said the car ...

The driver of the car left a nearby restaurant and drove onto Cherry Hill Road and when it reached the third track, it turned onto those tracks into the path of VRE train 311 on the Fredericksburg ...

The rail cars would replace equipment that is more than 40 years old. VRE has already approved a plan to replace 20 of its aging cars at a price of $36 million over the next four fiscal years.

If VRE orders its own Sounder-type cars, it could specify seats arranged mostly front to back. The ticket holders on the Sounders are mostly on the overhead luggage rack, or on the wall behind the ...