Some MARC train tickets can now get you all the way to Virginia

Headed to Manassas, Quantico or even Fredericksburg, Virginia, but want to skip the constant Carmaggedon of the Capital Beltway? Now you can get there on a single MARC train ticket when you get a pass for a week or longer. The Maryland Transit Administration and Virginia Railway Express, which operates commuter rail service in Northern Virginia, will honor tickets for each other’s commuter train services as part of a new agreement announced Thursday.