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What happens if Amtrak runs out of seats?

The level of hostility reserved for people who use the bus...Just next level.

Thom, what’s the story on the bus being free? Also I hope you reported your story to PRTC.

Before WMATA's construction, the site of what's now Franconia-Springfield station was once the site of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad's Franconia station. It was built in 1870 and demolished in 1952. Originally, WMATA plans called for separate stations for Franconia and Springfield, but before 1979, due to the expense and complications of running separate branches, plans had changed to combine Franconia and Springfield stations into one, and Franconia station was renamed to Franconia-Springfield. The VRE platform opened in 1995, the second infill station on the VRE system, while the Metro station opened in June 1997. Springfield was founded in 1847 around the Orange and Alexandria Railroad's Daingerfield Station, today the VRE's Backlick Road station. It was named for "Springfield Farm", owned by Henry Daingerfield, an Alexandria businessman who sat on the railroad's board of directors. The Franconia community derives its name from the "Frankhonia Farm", which sat on a portion of a tract of 191 acres purchased from Joseph Broders of Oak Grove Farm in 1859 by William Fowle, a merchant from Alexandria. Franconia Road was once the main route wagons took bringing tobacco to the port at Alexandria. Franconia was the site of a skirmish during the American Civil War in January 1862. Colonel Wade Hampton III, having led a group of cavalrymen across the Occoquan River past Pohick Church, encountered a group of Union cavalry in the area and gave chase. Being warned by a Texas scout that he was soon to enter an ambush, Hampton stopped short and formed a squadron on top of Potter's Hill. The trap having failed, both sides began firing at each other, several soldiers were wounded, including one of Hampton's soldiers shot in the face. The Confederates then retreated across the Occoquan

Wawa if you can, Scheetz if you have to.

Why LRT for such a long route to the middle of nowhere?

So the bus stop is next to the prison

On Train Sim World aka TSW I driving the Metrolink Antelope Valley line to Los Angeles, since it’s video game but the scenery the canyons and mountains are absolutely beautiful!

You chose Omniride home from Manassas, when you could’ve gone VRE or Amtrak? You chose poorly

I was there! Great festival!

I love this style. Although it is similar to the videos from that guy from Boston. Haha!

I take this train all the time. Cosmic lol

That is silly to train a new bus driver without announcing it to the bus load of passengers who have places to go. You're right, with all that time in between rides, do it then. Also, Wawa is superior to Sheetz.

3:40 They build a roundabout in the US? How did that devilish thing got there? JK, I am happy our friends across the ocean starting to adopt them as well. Is that one a unicorn or are there more of those comming? And thanks to Thom for another entertaining and educational training. Gave me a well needed break from work and study...

Man that was quite an adventure alright! That seems like a nice looking bus system I’m not sure I’ve heard of before, but it would be worth a try someday.

I enjoyed the video👍👍

Truly a random assortment of buses stop at the Franconia-Springfield Metro station.

I can very much relate to the head-spinning nature of PACE routes at times. Can I also say how impressive it is how much footage you take! Very comprehensive and relevant. Makes for a much more informative watch, thanks! Same goes for the maps

Wawa all the way! Makes me think of Philly, which makes me miss soft pretzels.

totally understandable to not want to wait until 20:30 for NE Regional #66. On Saturdays towards D.C. it's just that, Crescent #20, and NE Regional #156 (both in the noon hour)!

Trains are awesome, but ummm buses are NOT. How could you, Thom??? how could you!!! I guess my hatred for buses goes back to when most of Philly's trolleys were busified, and I hated it. Bleh!!

Very funny video, and for omniride, it should do is look at New Jersey Transit because they still have a frequent suburb to city. Keep in mind some Routes have Monday to Saturday Express services 114X to Bridgewater Commons 165X/168X to Paramus

No expense spared on those breeze block toilet 🚽 buildings!

Ouch taking a wrong turn while training. That's kind of scary. 3 hours to go thirty miles. Ouch that's trafficgedon in LA.

Thanks for the video. Too bad you had to experience driver training. Did Omniride let passengers know beforehand that training was going on? You should have hung around Manassas for a while and then traveled back on VRE or AMTRAK. We have some great restaurants and a brewery (Sinistral). I like Omniride. However, I drive to a commuter lot to take an express bus to Ballston (route 622). Route 60, Tyson's Metro Express, is a closer route for me to take, but I would have to transfer from bus to rail; therefore the commute would take longer. Growing up in eastern Pennsylvania, I like Wawa. However, Sheetz is good too; for their hotdogs. I am glad Wawa is in VA. I go there often to fill my car and my belly. 🙂

I really hope they can improve. Eventually more people will start moving to Prince William (and Loudon but they have a different Bus tranist) as Fairfax County/City, Arlington, and Alexandria starts to become way too dense and expensive.

Wow Ommiride still uses the older buses. Looks like an early 2000-2010s vehicle made by Gillig. Most transit agencies I know use like New Flyer/late 2010s Gillig/NABI buses alike

What in your opinion is currently great regional rail?

Why not both? Sheetz and Wawa, that is. And OmniRide's current naming scheme was introduced during the pandemic. That east-west express you rode on? Before the pandemic, it was the Cross County Connector. And it seems PRTC has taken delivery of new buses since I moved from there. Oh, and I now have family in Woodbridge. My aunt and uncle who had been living in Annapolis for most of my life now live there, not far from the VRE station. I'll be visiting them as part of a tour "back east" around Labor Day weekend. And yes, I will be filming, so be on the lookout for that and other videos from the aforementioned weekend starting mid-September.

Buses are awesome also but the service is bad with one bus every hour and a half.

That's the difference between city bus transit and county bus transit. We normally do driver training on a weekday, that wasn't normal. Weekday travelers wouldn't put up with that as they gotta get to work..

OMG purple shirt's hair.

Buses are awesome! :) You get to meet/see very curious individuals. Like the guy in the pink shirt grooming his hair while you were recording.

Thanks for suffering for our entertainment - is Omniride free on weekends as part of social provision by local government? \m/

I think the transit center is located where it is because it's right at the Omniride yard - operationally it's super efficient, but it makes for a pretty crappy rider experience!

I'm from Pittsburgh. Wawa is awful. Go to Sheetz.

their is no intercity buses between nanassa and washington. .

3:16 Why would the driver close the plastic barrier like the Covid days? Being a single door bus, it’s a lot of effort to open and close the barrrier to let people on and off. It doesn’t make a lot of stops I guess that’s okay. I have seen transit systems already removed that plastic nowadays.

I did ridership reporting for Omniride last summer and came across a lot of operators that wouldn’t leave on time for seemingly no reason. I asked my supervisor and coworkers what causes something like that they didn’t seem to know why. The biggest thing to note is that Omniride doesn’t actually operate its service, rather they contract out all operations to Keolis. I couldn’t tell you what it’s like now, but the contractor was continually plagued by management issues. I assumed it got better since some higher ups were replaced at the end of when I worked there, so I’m sorry to see this happened to you guys. It’s still nice to see the agency on video, though! I haven’t been back to that office since March.

You could experience exactly the same situation in Germany. Maybe, a bicycle would habe been more reliable?

I’ve seen DASH in Alexandria have drivers in training on in service routes. However, the instructors make sure they leave on time and follow the route exactly as a fully trained driver would. Also they only do this with drivers in the final stages of training. They care a lot more about good bus service than PW county does

I rarely ride Omniride. I usually ride it when i go to Potomac Mills Mall.

Thanks Thom!! Wish it would have been better for you.

The god that protects fools and little children keeps things from becoming a complete disaster!

I regularly used to take Omniride to get around in Manassas, the Eastern local services (Manassas) suffers from lack of ridership on most routes and departures from the courthouse every 90 minutes. Now the Western services in an around Woodbridge have much more ridership and departures in each direction. 96 is the only bus connection between the two areas but suffers from lack of timed connections with the local bus services. Overall it has potential to be a great bus service if they fixed certain issues. Also you got lucky with free fares on the bus since they were supposed to have brought back fares in June but they often tend to postpone bringing back fares (buses have been free since the pandemic)

Does Bryce have his own channel? He's awesome on camera

Can’t believe Thom was at the transit center in the middle of nowhere for more than 30 minutes for a 40 minute transfer. I thought you were better than this. Also, this whole video feels like a Miles in Transit cheapest way video.

I'm certain they do passengerless training, but at a certain point they do have to start taking passengers.