Virginia Railway Express train stopping at the Rippon station in Virginia. David C. Lester If you’ve ever been around railroads in the Washington, D.C. area, you’ve seen the trains of two commuter rail lines—Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and the Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) service. Yesterday, an organization called the Greater Washington Partnership released a report entitled Capital Region Rail Vision, which recommends the integration of VRE and MARC into one commuter rail system. According to the Greater Washington Partnership, the goal of combining the two systems is to “[create] a more unified, competitive, and modern rail network for the Washington, D.C. area.”