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Northern Virginia Transportation Commission

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Type
Transit authority — regional transportation commission founded in 1964; co-owner of Virginia Railway Express with the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, funding steward of Virginia's share of WMATA, and the issuer of the revenue bonds behind VRE's contribution to Transforming Rail in Virginia
Market · Region
United States · Virginia
Open tenders
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Technology areas
Digital operations

Regional forum for Northern Virginia transit, funds and co-owns Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Virginia Railway Express.

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Serves as the regional forum for Northern Virginia transit and is charged with the funding and stewardship of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and of Virginia Railway Express, which it co-owns. As issuer for VRE it completed a sale of 30-year revenue bonds backed by Commuter Rail Operating and Capital Fund regional fuels tax revenues in June 2022; about $119 million of net proceeds were transferred to VPRA in July 2022 to assist the Commonwealth's purchase of right of way from CSX Transportation, and the bonds carry flat annual debt service of $7.5 million. It does not buy rail construction itself.

Type
Transit authority — regional transportation commission founded in 1964; co-owner of Virginia Railway Express with the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission, funding steward of Virginia's share of WMATA, and the issuer of the revenue bonds behind VRE's contribution to Transforming Rail in Virginia
Where
Virginia · Arlington
Technology areas
Digital operations

Structure

  • owns VRE — Co-owner of Virginia Railway Express with the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission under the 1989 Master Agreement (active · since 1989)
Sources for these relationships (2)
  • ● Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) · About NVTC — founded 1964, charged with the funding and stewardship of WMATA and of Virginia Railway Express, which it co-owns (novatransit.org/about/ 301-redirects to this path) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Virginia Railway Express (VRE) · Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2027 (Budget Book) — operating and capital budget and the FY2027-FY2032 Capital Improvement Program with a project sheet and total project budget for each of the 22 projects (79 pages) (published 2026-01 · checked 2026-09-14)

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  • ● Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) · About NVTC — founded 1964, charged with the funding and stewardship of WMATA and of Virginia Railway Express, which it co-owns (novatransit.org/about/ 301-redirects to this path) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Virginia Railway Express (VRE) · Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2027 (Budget Book) — operating and capital budget and the FY2027-FY2032 Capital Improvement Program with a project sheet and total project budget for each of the 22 projects (79 pages) (published 2026-01 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of General Services · eVA Virginia Business Opportunities Solr search endpoint — the public JSON fetch behind the All Opportunities page; 291,611 indexed records and 517 with status Open on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-09-14 · checked 2026-09-14)

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