FRED to reroute S2 beginning August 9, 2010.
Beginning Monday, August 9, 2010, FRED will reroute the S2's Lee's Hill/Germanna Community College leg to include stops at Cosner's Corner and the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center in the outbound direction from Lee's Hill Center. The S2 currently makes stops at these points only inbound towards Lee's Hill Center.
The new routing will see the S2 turn left on Spotsylvania Parkway (instead of on Route 17/Mills Drive), stop at the right hand turn lane at Cosner's Corner, proceed to the FRED stop at Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, then proceed back to Route 17/Mills Drive to complete its run.
The timing on the route will not change.
Questions about this rerouting may be addressed to Arnold Levine via email or telephone 540.372.1222 x209.
FRED to drop Wednesday service to Virginia Heritage August 2, 2010.
Effective August 2, 2010, FRED will no longer provide its once per week Wednesday service to Virginia Heritage at Lee Parke on the S2 route. There has been virtually no ridership at the Virginia Heritage stop since service began.
Instead, residents of Virginia Heritage may request deviation service by calling FRED at 372.1222 and touching "0" to speak to a dispatcher. You must make your deviation request at least 24 hours ahead of time. The FRED bus will come to the Virginia Heritage entry gate. Deviation service is available to all FRED patrons Monday through Friday.
FRED to resume Eagle Express (formerly FRED Express) service August 20, 2010.
With the start up of the University of Mary Washington's 2010-2011 academic year less than a month away, FRED is planning to re-start its University-centered service on August 20, 2010. At the same time, FRED will rename the UMW service as the Eagle Express in recognition of the University's mascot/symbol. As part of this effort, FRED is redesigning its Eagle Express schedules and bus stop signs. You can see a sample of the new bus stop signs here. And you can connect to the new schedules below.
FRED's relationship with the University dates back more than a decade. We thank UMW for its continuing support.
FRED adjusts VRE feeder service effective July 19, 2010.
Effective July 19, 2010, FRED adjusted its VRE feeder schedules to accommodate several changes VRE has made to its service on the Fredericksburg Line. However, for operational and financial reasons FRED will not be able to provide feeder service to the soon-to-be-started 5:05 AM VRE train.
In the morning FRED will make its first pickups for newly numbered VRE trains 304, 306, 308, and 310 five minutes earlier than currently, and train 312 ten minutes earlier.
In the afternoon, FRED will meet train 305 upon its new later arrival time of 5:42 PM.
Click on the FRED VRE feeder service of your choice below to see the new schedules. The new schedules are also available from the home page and the schedule page on rideFRED.com and at FRED Ceentral, 1400 Jefferson Davis Highway.
We regret that we will not be able to meet the earliest train in the morning and will seek additional funding to support the addition of another run during our next budget cycle.
For additional information call us at 540.372.1222 and touch "0" or email Arnold Levine.
The Sunken Road and Marys Heights. Scene of intense fighting during the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. While there, also visit the adjacent Fredericksburg National Cemetery.
Closest FRED routes: F2, F3, F4.
Sherry Ann Jett joined FRED in January 2002. You can see her most often on the City's routes, but she drives occasionally in Stafford and Spotsylvania as well. She was recently recognized as FRED's Driver of the Quarter for her outstanding service and spotless safety record. Sherry Ann enjoys getting to know her passengers and considers them "family." "Most of all, FRED has helped the area's elderly and mobility challenged achieve a degree of independence. I'm proud to be a part of the caring FRED team," says Sherry Ann.