22-1130: Richmond Highway is the name of multiple highways and transit routes in Virginia: Richmond Highway Express , limited-stop bus route in Northern Virginia U.S. Route 1 in Virginia , named Richmond Highway through Richmond and Northern Virginia U.S. Route 60 in Virginia , named Richmond Highway through Amherst County; also named Richmond Road in Williamsburg U.S. Route 360 , named Richmond Highway through Essex County U.S. Route 460 in Virginia , named Richmond Highway through Appomattox and Campbell Counties Virginia State Route 110 , named Richmond Highway in Arlington See also [ edit ] Richmond Parkway (disambiguation) Richmond Road (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
44-494: A Saturday Supplemental schedule is added to bring more service to the REX. All runs take place on board on any bus from Cinder Bed Division. However, it was previously operated by using the 2008 New Flyer DE40LFA diesel-electric hybrid buses (6301–6312), and were painted in a blue-and-gold REX paint scheme. The original REX bus fleet consisted of 12 now-retired 2000 Orion VI buses (2073–2084). The 2000 Orion VI buses were wrapped in
66-984: Is a Canadian multinational bus manufacturer , specializing in the production of transit buses . New Flyer is owned by the NFI Group , a holding company for several bus manufacturers. New Flyer has several manufacturing facilities in Canada and the United States that produce the company's main product, the New Flyer Xcelsior family of buses. New Flyer was founded by John Coval in 1930 as the Western Auto and Truck Body Works Ltd in Manitoba. The company began producing buses in 1937, selling their first full buses to Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1937, before releasing their Western Flyer bus model in 1941, prompting
88-642: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richmond Highway Express The Richmond Highway Express a.k.a. "REX" , is a limited-stop bus route operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority between King Street–Old Town station of the Yellow and Blue lines of the Washington Metro and Fort Belvoir . This line runs through
110-573: Is only effective during weekdays, as the REX does not operate at the Post Exchange/Commissary on the weekends. The REX does not change its main route since its opening, although times and stops were changed throughout time. Since the first time changes in the mid-2000s, REX adds more trips when there is a high demand in the route. On August 7, 2011, the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital opened, opening
132-423: Is to convert the REX route into a Bus rapid transit route, which the project is known as "Embark Richmond Highway." This project is to bring more service along Richmond Highway by extending service from Fort Belvoir up to Woodbridge . The idea of this project will add new stations, by widening Richmond Highway in order to make the dedicated stops for the new BRT route and the REX. New Flyer New Flyer
154-458: The NDP government in power to divest Flyer Industries from government ownership. On July 15, 1986, Jan den Oudsten, a descendant of the family who formed Dutch bus manufacturer Den Oudsten Bussen BV , purchased Flyer Industries from the Manitoba government, changing its name to New Flyer Industries Limited . New Flyer designed and tested North America's first low-floor bus in 1988 and delivered
176-1077: The Richmond Highway ( U.S. Route 1 ) corridor in Fairfax County, Virginia . This line provides a cross-county service from the neighborhood of Old Town Alexandria in Alexandria, Virginia and the military base of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County. REX runs from its northern end at King Street–Old Town station, south through Eisenhower Avenue station , Huntington station and Mount Vernon, Virginia before ending at Fort Belvoir Post Exchange and Commissary. The service runs limited stops along Richmond Highway in Alexandria between Huntington Station and Fort Belvoir. Local stops are provided by Fairfax Connector routes 151, 161, 162, 171, and 308. The REX also provides service through Groveton, Virginia , and Hybla Valley, Virginia throughout
198-474: The 9A is provided by Fairfax Connector route 171, as the REX ends at Fort Belvoir. The fare of the initial REX route was $ 1.00, for a one-year demonstration period. The REX runs via the Jackson Loop at Fort Belvoir, although some trips alters via Pohick Road, when the Jackson Loop is closed. When the REX reaches Fort Belvoir, all customers that are on the REX follows the security procedure of Fort Belvoir, as
220-676: The New Flyer MiDi, was based on the design of the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 . Alexander Dennis engineered and tested the bus, and it was built and marketed by New Flyer under contract. During the partnership around 200 buses were delivered to 22 operators in Canada and the U.S. In May 2017, New Flyer and Alexander Dennis announced their joint venture would end and production of the bus would transition to Alexander Dennis' new North American factory in Indiana, where it
242-399: The REX scheme, instead of being painted. The second REX fleet consisted of 12 now-retired 2006 Orion VII CNG buses (2674–2685). The Orion VII CNGs were the first set which is painted in the REX scheme, until they were all repainted between June and August 2014. The third REX fleet consisted of 12 2010 New Flyer DE40LFA diesel-electric hybrid buses (6550–6561) before being repainted back into
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#1732772752708264-499: The company to change its name to Western Flyer Coach in 1948. In the 1960s, the company further focused on the urban transit bus market. In 1971, the then-financially struggling Western Flyer was sold to the Manitoba Development Corporation, an agency of the government of Manitoba , and renamed Flyer Industries Limited . In 1974 the opposition Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba had urged
286-558: The exterior appearance of the bus. In June 2012 New Flyer, in a joint venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , the Manitoba Government, Manitoba Hydro and Red River College , unveiled a fully electric battery-powered bus . In May 2012, New Flyer and Alexander Dennis announced a joint venture to design and manufacture medium-duty low-floor bus (or midi bus) for the North American market. The bus, called
308-759: The first production model, called the D40LF, to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1991. In 1994, New Flyer delivered the first compressed natural gas bus in North America and the world's first hydrogen fuel cell powered bus. In 1995, the company delivered the first low-floor articulated bus in North America to Strathcona County Transit . In March 2002, New Flyer was acquired by KPS Capital Partners , an investment company that specializes in turning around struggling businesses, for $ 44 million. Later that year Jan den Oudsten retired as CEO. He
330-716: The gates for 24 hours. The Fort Belvoir gates hour changes leads the night REX trips to discontinue the alternate routing service, which ends at Woodlawn. Service towards the Dewitt Hospital at Fort Belvoir was discontinued. On June 25, 2017, the REX weekday service was extended to the Fort Belvoir Post Exchange/Commissary via Gunston Road. REX service to Jackson Loop was discontinued. Nearby stops will be served along Gunston Road at 5th Street. In 2015, Fairfax County and WMATA plans to expand service through Richmond Highway. The major plans
352-532: The purchase an indicator that the company's operational and financial turnaround had been accomplished. On August 19, 2005, New Flyer became a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange , renaming the company to New Flyer Industries Canada ULC and creating the publicly traded parent company NFI Group Inc. 2005 also saw a restyling of New Flyer's popular low-floor coaches with new front and rear endcaps, to modernize and streamline
374-419: The red local scheme. The REX has previously operated out of Four Mile Run division (2004-2014) and Shepherd Parkway divisions (2014-2018). From December 26, 2021 onward, the REX route is now operated entirely with regular Metrobuses. REX began service on September 26, 2004. The REX takes over the southern portion of the 9A, which ran between Pentagon Station and Lorton VRE Station . The remaining portion of
396-458: The route. REX bus stops are provided on the special blue-and-gold sign, instead of the traditional red Metrobus stop signs. The route does not join the Metrobus stop signs when it connects to other Metrobus routes. REX operates seven days a week with frequent service during peak hours. Off peak hours service runs every 30 minutes, and Sunday service runs every 60 minutes. During holidays,
418-473: The same place where the night REX trips ends. Alongside with these changes, the special $ 1.00 fare was changed to the same fare as any regular Metrobus routes in January, 2009. In 2011, Fort Belvoir open doors to all REX trips, following the opening of Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. REX retained the full route until 2017, when the route was extended to the Fort Belvoir Post Exchange/Commissary. This extension
440-414: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richmond_Highway&oldid=1170434358 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
462-462: The terminal is a military base. These procedures runs throughout all bus routes that serves Fort Belvoir. In 2008, the alternate terminal of the REX night trips was moved to Woodlawn at Old Mill Road. The night REX trips does not serve Fort Belvoir. In addition to these changes, the REX route adds a Saturday Supplemental trip, where it adds more trips on holiday, when REX runs on a Saturday schedule. The Saturday Supplemental trips operates up to Woodlawn,
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#1732772752708484-561: Was later inducted into the American Public Transportation Association 's Hall of Fame for his work at the company. In 2003, King County Metro in Seattle placed an order for 213 hybrid buses, the world's first large order for hybrid buses. On December 15, 2003, New Flyer was purchased by private equity firms Harvest Partners and Lightyear Capital . The company's CEO, John Marinucci, called
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